Re: PATH question

[Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org>]

On Sat, Nov 11, 2023 at 10:17:09PM +0000, David wrote:
> Looking for an authoritative source of information to show you,
> I found only this:
>   https://wiki.debian.org/DebianPackageManagement#Installing_and_removing_packages
> which says:
>   You can also install a .deb file with:
>   # apt install </path/to/deb/file/debfile.deb>
> 
> My understanding is that the <target> must look like a pathname.
> So, to install 'debfile.deb' in the current directory, it should look like
>   apt install ./debfile.deb
> 
> Maybe someone else knows where the authoritative documentation
> of this capability can be read, if there is any.

I think you've found it.  It's not in ANY man page that I'm aware of.