I think you want dpkg -i <your-package>.deb
On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 4:38 PM Dick Steffens <[email protected]> wrote: > > I enjoy a game of Sudoku now and then. The current version of Gnome > Sudoku is a downgrade from the version I like. I kept the .dep file from > my preferred version and have successfully installed it on a couple of > machines in the past. I just tried to install it on my Xubuntu 20.04 > machine and saw this: > > ------------------------------------------------- > rsteff@ThinkCentre-M58p:~/Downloads$ sudo apt install > ./gnome-sudoku_3.10.2-0ubuntu3.1_all.deb > [sudo] password for rsteff: > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > Note, selecting 'gnome-sudoku' instead of > './gnome-sudoku_3.10.2-0ubuntu3.1_all.deb' > The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer > required: > gnome-software-common libappstream-glib8 libgspell-1-2 libgspell-1-common > Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them. > The following NEW packages will be installed: > gnome-sudoku > 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded. > Need to get 0 B/771 kB of archives. > After this operation, 2,306 kB of additional disk space will be used. > Get:1 /home/rsteff/Downloads/gnome-sudoku_3.10.2-0ubuntu3.1_all.deb > gnome-sudoku all 1:3.10.2-0ubuntu3.1 [771 kB] > Selecting previously unselected package gnome-sudoku. > (Reading database ... 197494 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to unpack .../gnome-sudoku_3.10.2-0ubuntu3.1_all.deb ... > Unpacking gnome-sudoku (1:3.10.2-0ubuntu3.1) ... > Setting up gnome-sudoku (1:3.10.2-0ubuntu3.1) ... > Processing triggers for mime-support (3.64ubuntu1) ... > Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ... > Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1ubuntu1) ... > Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:amd64 (2.64.3-1~ubuntu20.04.1) ... > Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.1-1) ... > Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.24-1ubuntu3) ... > rsteff@ThinkCentre-M58p:~/Downloads$ > ---------------------------------------------------- > > I really don't like that version of Sudoku. > > Why did apt install decide it wouldn't install the one I want? > > I know I can prevent "upgrading" it with Synaptic once it's installed, > but Is there a way to force the use of the one I want? > > -- > Regards, > > Dick Steffens > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
