[wailug] apt config

[Blair Harrison]

On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 12:48:28 +1200
"Phil Workman" <pwork at contact.net.nz> wrote:

> can i use apt to install a down loaded .deb from another directory ?
> i will keep reading - but there must be an easy way to do this ??
> TIA
> 

easy

dpkg -i /path/to/file.deb

-i for install

man dpkg should tell you all you need to know :)

for future reference, some quick apt/deb commands -

apt-cache search something 
  -will search for a package description or name containing "something"
apt-get install some-package-name
  - will install the package called "some-package-name"

apt-get remove some-package-name
  - will remove installed package called "some-package-name"

apt-get update
  - will download the latest package list from the source in your
   /etc/apt/sources.list file

apt-get upgrade
  - will try to attempt to upgrade all currently installed packages to
  the latest versions available

dpkg -i filename.deb
  - will install the specified .deb

dpkg -r package-name
  - will attempt to remove package-name without deleting configuration
  files

dpkg -P package-name
   - will attempt to remove package-name and purge all related
   configuration files from the system

that should keep you going for a while :)

Cheers,
Blair

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