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Re: Feature request: install package by passing URL to apt-get



On Mon, Mar 03, 2025 at 15:44:11 +0100, Yassine Chaouche wrote:
> Le 3/3/25 à 15:25, Joe a écrit :
> > You can install any random .deb package from any source using dpkg [...]
> 
> dpkg won't install missing dependencies.
> gdebi will.

So will apt-get and apt.  It's just undocumented.

apt install ./filename.deb
apt-get install ./filename.deb

The pathname MUST begin with either . or / so apt knows it's a pathname
and not a regex.


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