[xubuntu-users] Installing a .deb file

[Chris Green]

On Tue, Feb 08, 2022 at 04:52:19PM +1100, Phil wrote:
> I'm trying to install a .deb file and "software" is the default application
> to do this. The problem is that I neither install nor get updates with
> "software" because I'm on a metered connection which is my only connection
> to the Internet.
> 
> A pop-up message box tells me to edit my network settings but pressing the
> "Open Network Settings" does nothing. I cannot find a network setting that
> will allow me to use my metered connection. How do I proceed?
> 
It's dead easy to do from the command line.  

However I'm a little confused by your message.  "I'm trying to install
a .deb file", have you actually got this file on your system or is it
a file "out on the internet"?

If you already have the file on your system I don't really understand
why 'software' is asking for an internet connection, it can only know
if it *might* need to download some dependencies once it has got the
original .deb file.


Whatever, if you do have the file on your system already, then at the
command line:-

    sudo dpkg -i <name of .deb file>

<name of .deb file> should include the ".deb".

-- 
Chris Green