How to Install Applications Using Package Deb Files on Linux
What are Deb Package Files?
Deb is kind package files applications used on the Debian distribution. Package files it has a “.deb” format or extension. Deb is one of package files standard on Unix systems.
Debian is one of the oldest and most popular Linux distributions. Many of the new distributions of Linux that came after were based on Debian, such as Ubuntu, Kali Linux and so on
Apart from Debian, other Linux distributions based on Debian also use package files the same, namely Deb.
If you want to install or manipulate a package files deb format, you can use a tools named dpkg. Dpkg is a package management tools based on command line used to install or manipulate package files deb via Terminal.
Besides using dpkg via Terminal, you can also install package files Deb by using the app package management others who use Graphic User Interfaces (GUI) such as Ubuntu Software Center, Gdebi Package Installer and others.
How to Install Deb Package Files Using Terminal
To install applications that use package files Deb via Terminal, you can use a tools Debian package management system based on command line named dpkg.
Dpkg is used to install, remove, or manipulate files package Deb. There are many options that you can use from dpkg to manipulate package files Deb.
Open Terminal on your Linux by pressing shortcuts for Terminal or Open Terminal via the application menu. To install package files Deb file, you must be in the directory where the file is stored.
Then go to the directory where package files Deb saved. If package files The deb you want to install is stored in the Downloads directory, go to the Downloads folder using the “cd” command as follows:
cd ~/Downloads
Likewise if package files The deb application you want to install is in another directory. Please go to the directory where the file is stored.
If you are already in the directory where package files is stored. Then you can install package files deb by entering the following command in Terminal:
sudo dpkg -i nama_file.deb
Adjust the word “name_file.deb” in the command with the name package files from the application file that you want to install. Don’t forget to use the “sudo” command if you login with user normal. You don’t need to type the “sudo” command if you login with user root.
Then wait for the installation process package files or the application to completion. Make sure the installation process is successful. If the installation process is complete, you can open the application you installed through the application menu.
Install Deb Package Files on Ubuntu Using Software Center
If you are using an Ubuntu distro or an Ubuntu derivative such as Elementary OS and others. You can install the application from package files Deb files easily just by using the Ubuntu Software Center.
Ubuntu Software Center already exists default on the Ubuntu distro and its derivatives as an application package management or graphics-based management software (GUI).
open package files Deb of the application you want to install by doing double click on the file. Then package files it will open or load in the Ubuntu Software Center application as follows:
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| Install Deb Package Files Using Ubuntu Software Center |
To install it, you just need to press the install button on the Ubuntu Software Center. Ubuntu Software Center will automatically execute package files Deb to be installed. Then just wait for the installation process to finish.
