Yeah, someone lead me to gdebi in another thread (I think) and it was great!
:)
Or open file with gdebi.
... Yeah, that's way easier. Thanks, Magic Banana.
GrevenGull, you can get the 'command' for the menu entry by right clicking
'Tor Browser' in tor-browser_en-US, selecting 'Properties', and copying
what's in the 'command' field. For me it looks like this.
sh -c
Hah! The irony, I misspelled in a comment about triple checking. But yeah, I
checked and wrote dpkg.
Nice! :) The Gdebi worked smoothly, tyvm
It's 'dpkg', not 'spkg'. Maybe quadruple check. :)
You can also use Gdebi Package Installer if you'd prefer a GUI.
Gotcha, thanks for the tips!
Also, I tried to sudo spkg a .deb package and I get an error with "No such
file or directory"
I have triple checked the spelling.
Do you any ideas?
Yes, you're right. I wasn't thinking.
Very good answer. But he don't need to use sudo for writing .desktop file.
Woah, you are a saint, thx!
What's "sources.list"
"start-menu" -> preferences -> add/remove applications, then I made sure it
showed all available applications and searched in the search bar.
You’re free to do and install anything. It’s your machine.
However, the recommended way is to use the official repositories. The other
way is the Windows way — search frantically everywhere and install any old
exe file you can possibly find. Then, have problems with malesre infestation.
IceCat doesn't show up under 'Add/Remove Applications' but is in the
repository. You can install it from Synaptic Package Manager, or in a
terminal$ sudo apt install icecat
If you are using Trisquel 7, Thunderbird is called Icedove. Again, it can be
installed from Synaptic Package Manager,
Can you paste here your sources.list ? How did you try to search for IceCat?
Like in my screenshot?
I cant find either Tor nor IceCat, and Thunderbird doesnt want to be
installed via rep either. Maybe its because of my hardware?
Why dont you think I "should be on the look for deb packages to install"?
Most of packages are in Trisquel repo. You don't need to searching internet
for .deb package. Just search for package with Synaptic, or via command
"apt-cache search name_of_package". Of course you can't find packages which
is not free software becouse they are removed from repo. To get
I don't think you should be on the look for deb packages to install. Use the
package repositories that are official and available in the distro.
Sometimes, a developer has made his/her software available as a deb package
you can download. Mostly, when you see tarballs, they either contain
Yeah, I think I just did.
Where do I find .deb packages?
I just download stuff from the websites which gives me this pack I have to
extract, and then I get a folder which there is a run-shit-thing inside.
So currently I am running IceCat and Tor from inside a folder,
Shout out if you got
The file has DEB as extension.
You shouldn't confuse tar balls with deb packages.
Thanks a lot :D
Exactly :)
type "sudo dpkg -i name-of-your.program.deb"
"sudo" means your giving yourself the power of "root" or system
administrator.
"dpkg" is the name of the program that can install ".deb" programs for you.
"-i" is an parameter or attribute that gets enabled in the "dpkg" program for
installing
Okay, cheers.
How do install "as root or with sudo"? Do I do that by typing "sudo apt" or
something just before the rest of the line?
If you mean .deb packages, you can install it with dpkg. Type "dpkg -i
name_of_package.deb" as root or with sudo.
I hope this will help you using Trisquel!
When I download packages from the web, they dont come with easy install
methods like Windows and MacOS, how do I go about installing them? :)
Cheers! (Hope I dont bother the whole community with my noobing)
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