Deb package install Mini Howto for linux. (I am using ubuntu 7.10 and kde)                                                                 Back to Main Page   

This i a very short version, and if you want to know more, go to the Internet etc.

This howto is without any guarantee, and you may use it on your own responsibility only.

There may be errors, but I do not want to use too much time to  write this howto.

My idea is to make documentation, so you can at the least start using the program.

I (67 years old) have abstracted what I find most important, from lots and lots of documentation.

To check specific words, you may use:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (search) and almost anything else http://www.google.com

It's most convenient to print this howto out, to use it by your side !



Some times you want to install a deb package which is not included in the official linux package repositories (package databases) direct from the command line -

or you maybe want to install a newer version which in not yet included in the repositories.

To open a konsole choose "K-menu" (lower left corner of your KDE desktop) -> "System" -> "Konsole - Terminal Program".

As an example we will download the "hotwire" package from the http://www.getdeb.net/ web site.

mkdir ~/download_                  #(creates a directory by the name download_ in the /home/user directory)

cd ~/download_                        #(changes directory to the ~/download_ directory)

wget http://www.getdeb.net/download/1615/0  (downloads the "hotwire" package called "hotwire_0.599-1~getdeb1_all.deb" into the ~/download_ directory)

In order to install the hotwire packages directly from the command line run the following commands in the konsole:

sudo apt-get install dpkg-dev  #(installs the "dpkg-dev" package - this could also have be done with "synaptic" - should only be done the first time).

sudo dpkg -i hotwire_0.599-1~getdeb1_all.deb    #(installs the "hotwire" deb package)

sudo apt-get install -f         #(If you get any error messages about missing packages etc, run this command, to solve any dependencies problems)

The "hotwire" deb package is now installed on your linux ubuntu system, and the deb packet database is updated, just as any other normal debian package.

You can uninstall the "hotwire" deb package using the "synaptic" Packet Manager.


1/2008