Now that you have installed Gdebi, you can use it to install deb packages. Open a terminal and use the following command: sudo apt install gdebi How to use Gdebi for installing deb packges You can install gdebi from Software CenterĪlternatively, you can install gdebi using command line. Just search for it and install it from there. You can find gdebi in Ubuntu Software Center. You should enable the additional repsotiories before hand else you’ll see ‘unable to locate gdebi’ or ‘gdebi command not found’ errors. Gdebi is available in the universe repository of Ubuntu. Install GDebi in Ubuntu based distributions In this post, we shall see how to install GDebi and use it as the default installer instead of the Ubuntu Software Center.
gdebi can identify missing dependencies and install them The default Software Center is not very good at handling dependencies with the DEB packages. At times, it will install the dependencies along with the DEB package. The best thing about GDebi package installer is that it also shows the dependencies that will be installed along with the desired program. It is extremely lightweight and focused on installing. I recommend using GDebi, a dedicated program for installing Debian executable files. deb file in Ubuntu, I would not recommend using the Software Center. Now, if you are just trying to install a. deb files but with time it changed and now Software Center is the default application for installing DEB files.
Once upon a time, Ubuntu used archive manager for installing. It may be good for finding application, but it is not worth using just to install a. It is heavy, takes ages to load and makes your system crawl. Ubuntu Software Center is known for eating resource. If you use Ubuntu you might be using the Software Center to install.
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