On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 08:31:50PM -0800, Paul E Condon wrote: > I want to install some software that I downloaded as a .deb file, but it > did not come from a Debian mirror. Instead it came from a ftp download > from a developer's web site. The only way I have ever used dselect, dpkg, or > apt-get have been to get stuff from a Debian mirror and then unpack and > install it. This happened all automatically. Now I have a file in my home > directory. Where do I put it? What commands and options do I use?
dpkg -i blah.deb > And most important - where are the answers to these questions in the > documentation? dpkg --help man dpkg man deb Ben -- .----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=-----. / Ben Collins -- Debian GNU/Linux -- WatchGuard.com \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
