[Bug 76158] Re: Cannot install deb packages from GUI in Kubuntu (no gdebi equivalent)

[Robert Knight]

> Right click on the package in Konqueror and select Kubuntu Package
Menu -> Install Package.

That really does not qualify at all I'm afraid.
The most important problem is that the default action when you click on a package is for it to be opened in Ark.  This is hidden in the context menu which is why I didn't find it. 

The second problem is that the command just opens up an xterm and
displays the prompt "Password:".  This raises a number of questions (I
know the answers to these questions, I am trying to look at the
situation from the perspective of a less experienced Linux user):

- What password and why?
- What will happen when I enter my password?
- Why aren't there password-characters ( stars, black circles, asterisks or something of that ilk )?

 This is still a console app and not a GUI.

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Cannot install deb packages from GUI in Kubuntu (no gdebi equivalent)
https://launchpad.net/bugs/76158