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gdebi package

gdebi replacement?

Asked by Galen Thurber

is there a gdebi replacement or alternative?
gdebi 0.9.5.7 no longer will install packages, it wont prompt for sudo

sudo gdebi
will work in terminal

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Use apt in the terminal.

sudo apt install filename.deb

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Galen Thurber (godfree2) said : 		#2

should read
sudo apt install ./filename.deb

but that is not a GUI

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

If you like. It'd work without. Does it need to be a GUI thing?

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#4

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