How do I install a downloaded deb package? hdparm

Hi,

you probably meant "hdparm" instead of "hdpram"

You better install it from the Ubuntu repository : System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager > search for hdparm then right-click on it to install if it is not installed yet.

If you dowloaded a more recent version, if the file is a .deb package then you can install it by running in a terminal (Applications > Accessories > terminal) the command:

sudo dpkg -i file.deb

where "file.deb" is to be replaced by the actual filename you've dowloaded. You'll need to provide your password (no characters would show up on the screen)

Hope that helps

Looks good ):-) thanks I will give it a go.

Do I enter sudo dpkg -i hdpram.deb ?

hdparm I mean

Yes !

sudo dpkg -i hdpram.deb

I meant:

sudo dpkg -i hdparm.deb

Beware of dependencies when installing manually .deb packages. It is always better (for the stability of the system) to install software versions that are provided by the repositories.

MMMMMMMMMMMMmm Then I get: dpkg: error processing hdpram.deb (--install):
 cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
 hdpram.deb

Hi,

You need to provide the full path to your hdparm.deb file (i.e. to where you have put it). For instance if you have downloaded it to the Desktop folder you would write:

sudo dpkg -i Desktop/hdparm.deb

or (2nd alternative) you would change to the directory where the file exists, like in our example to the folder "Desktop":

cd Desktop

then (just to be sure)

ls hdparm.deb (to verify that the file do exist in that directory Desktop)

then (if the file is there):

sudo dpkg -i hdparm.deb

hdparm-9.30.tar.gz Yep file is there but still a no go:
"Desktop$ sudo dpkg -i hdparm.deb
dpkg: error processing hdparm.deb (--install):
 cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
 hdparm.deb
 and then I did"

sudo dpkg -i hdparm-9.30.tar.gz
dpkg-deb: `hdparm-9.30.tar.gz' is not a debian format archive
dpkg: error processing hdparm-9.30.tar.gz (--install):
 subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 hdparm-9.30.tar.gz

of course it won't work like that: the command was made for a Debian packaged file (with extension .deb). The file you downloaded is not a Debian package file, it is a .tar.gz archive file.

You need to extract the file (easy : right click the file from Nautilus and choose extract) and then you need to read the instructions on how to install a tar.gz file (usually you'll have a README file inside the archive or some other files telling how to install).

But, again, it would be much better for you to install hdparm from the Ubuntu repository with Synaptic or from the command line like this :

sudo apt-get install hdparm

you may need to run

sudo apt-get update

to refresh the list of packages available first.

Yep did that now??

Hey, thanks very much for the help. I usually stay away from trying to install any program that is not in the applications/software center. But I hope to be able to learn how to do it.

What I mean is I ran:

sudo apt-get install hdparm

you may need to run

sudo apt-get update
 and now do I run:sudo dpkg -i hdparm.deb

Hi, I got this far but ???

Hi again,

No you do not run "sudo dpkg -i hdparm.deb" because you do not have that file to install !

The APT program will do the installation of hdparm after downloading the required package, if necessary.

If you were successful with the following command:

sudo apt-get install hdparm

You'll see that the package had been installed.

If not successful, you'll see instead error messages, that you'll need to interpret or post her for help. Sometimes if the error says that the package cannot be found, you'll need to refresh the list of packages with the command "sudo apt-get update".

Hope that helps

OK. It all seemed to go OK when I ran: sudo apt-get install hdparm then:sudo apt-get update
but I don't know what to do now ):=?

Thanks Vu Do Quynh, that solved my question.