.deb packages

[Ori Idan]

The error you get means the file does not exist.
Make sure you type the right name and note the system is case sensitive
i.e. a is not A

-- 
Ori Idan


On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 11:41 PM, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> this is what I get: raymond at raymond-HP-Pavilion-TS-15-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo
> dpkg -i'/home/raymond/Downloads/logmein-hamachi_2.1.0.136-1_amd64.deb'
> [sudo] password for raymond:
> dpkg: error: unknown option -/
>
> Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*];
> Use 'apt' or 'aptitude' for user-friendly package management;
> Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values;
> Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options;
> Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files;
>
> Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through 'less' or
> 'more' !
> raymond at raymond-HP-Pavilion-TS-15-Notebook-PC:~$
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 4:33 PM, Victor Mendonça <victorbrca at yahoo.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> It doesn't look like the file is in your Downloads folder.
>>
>> Try this,
>>
>> - Open your terminal and your file explorer
>> - Type 'sudo dpkg -i ' on your terminal without the single quotes. Also
>> make sure there's a space after the "-i". Don't hit enter yet
>> - With your mouse, click on the deb file and drag it to your terminal.
>> You should see the name and location of the file added after the command we
>> entered before
>> - Hit enter
>> On Jan 10, 2015 3:23 PM, "Raymond House" <raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> raymond at raymond-HP-Pavilion-TS-15-Notebook-PC:~$ cd *ownloads
>>> raymond at raymond-HP-Pavilion-TS-15-Notebook-PC:~/Downloads$
>>> raymond at raymond-HP-Pavilion-TS-15-Notebook-PC:~/Downloads$ sudo dpkg -i
>>> logmein-hamachi
>>> [sudo] password for raymond:
>>> dpkg: error processing archive logmein-hamachi (--install):
>>>  cannot access archive: No such file or directory
>>> Errors were encountered while processing:
>>>  logmein-hamachi
>>> raymond at raymond-HP-Pavilion-TS-15-Notebook-PC:~/Downloads$
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 2:32 PM, Victor Mendonça <victorbrca at yahoo.ca>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Try this:
>>>>
>>>> cd *ownloads
>>>> sudo dpkg -i logmein-hamachi
>>>> On Jan 10, 2015 10:08 AM, "Raymond House" <raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Just to make sure I have just done it again as you suggested and I get
>>>>> the same results that I posted earlier.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 10:04 AM, Ori Idan <ori at heliconbooks.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I think the problem is that you forgot to put the .deb at the end.
>>>>>> The command should be:
>>>>>> sudo dpkg -i logmein-hamachi.deb
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Assuming of course the current directory is the directory where the
>>>>>> file resides.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Ori Idan
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 4:51 PM, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> When I do that I see downloads there.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 9:46 AM, CrankyOldBugger <
>>>>>>> crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This may seem silly, but are you in the right folder? Do a 'ls -al'
>>>>>>>> and make sure that the file you want is there, and that the permissions are
>>>>>>>> ok.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sat Jan 10 2015 at 9:43:41 AM Raymond House <
>>>>>>>> raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi Ori, that's what I have been trying to do,does not work.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 9:40 AM, Ori Idan <ori at helicontech.co.il>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> To install a .deb package use:
>>>>>>>>>> sudo dpkg -i <package file>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> Ori Idan
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Raymond House <
>>>>>>>>>> raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi, I tried the link "ubuntu how to install .deb packages"
>>>>>>>>>>> several times and I must have some other problem because it does not
>>>>>>>>>>> work.The downloaded package is in "downloads" but I cant access it
>>>>>>>>>>> according to the terminal info I'm getting. Any ideas?
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