.deb packages

Sun Jan 11 10:55:28 UTC 2015

Also want to thank all of you for your help, this list never disappoints me.

On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 5:50 AM, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well that did it ! the file is open and of all the many times I tried I
> never used the complete location address I guess.Thank you Doug, now I will
> see what it's all about.
>
> On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 5:19 AM, darwinsurvivor at gmail.com <
> darwinsurvivor at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Ok, I think this is still a minor typo problem.
>>
>> Raymond, in your first attempt I believe you were missing the ".deb" at
>> the end. In the latest one, you need to add a space between "-i" and the
>> filename.
>>
>> Just to make sure, try copy and pasting this line into your terminal and
>> see if it works.
>>
>> sudo dpkg -i /home/raymond/Downloads/logmein-hamachi_2.1.0.136-1_amd64.deb
>>
>>
>> You should also be able to use your filemanager, go to the downloads
>> folder and simply double-click the .deb file to open the installer.
>>
>>
>> ~Doug
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 12:20 AM, Ori Idan <ori at helicontech.co.il> wrote:
>>
>>> 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
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Ori Idan CEO Helicon Books
>>>>>>>>> http://www.heliconbooks.com
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 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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