How does one install *.deb files on AntiX ?
:: Watch some videos https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFWlej2CSKlXW5uE9opXukQ or sudo dpkg < path to deb file downloaded goes here>If you watch the videos. You will learn about synaptic and gdebi. Sure don’t why you posted though, with no info included. Happy Trails Rok.
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:: A number of ways. Rocky pointed out the usual way though this will not update the menus as well as dependencies sometimes.
Running as root or with sudo, you can run
apt install /path/to/deb/file
which should take care of the menu building and dependencies.
For example with a deb package in the user Downloads folder
apt install ~/Downloads/myapp-1.0.0_amd64.deb
VERY useful information re *.deb files… many thanks
wildstar84
sudo dpkg -i [your-deb-file.deb]
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GUI to install .deb packages in antiX 21
For now, antiX 21 comes without a GUI .deb package installer. There’s a solution for that (that I implemented myself):
Download and install “contribs-goodies”, either using Synaptic or on the terminal:
curl https://gitlab.com/antix-contribs/contribs-goodies/-/raw/master/contribs-goodies_0.1.0_all.deb --output contribs-goodies_0.1.0_all.deb sudo apt install ./contribs-goodies_0.1.0_all.deb- This topic was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by PPC.
- This topic was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by PPC.
Thanks PPC, but from teminal
All packages are up to date.
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree… Done
Reading state information… Done
E: Unable to locate package contribs-goodies
@caprea- sorry, I messed up the original instructions, I already fixed them, they should work for antiX 32 or 64 bits…
Wallon
Thank you PPC for this thread.
Do you know why there is no more GUI .deb package installer with antiX 21?
I think this should be added to the tips and tricks for new antiX users.
Brian Masinick
Thanks PPC, but from terminal
All packages are up to date.
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree… Done
Reading state information… Done
E: Unable to locate package contribs-goodies
Isn’t the package called antix-goodies? There are also antix-goodies-core and debian-goodies; each of these is a meta-package that installs a group of convenience packages; when I install antiX 21 Base runit, the antix-goodies package is installed.
@Wallon – as far as I understood, anticapitalista removed gdebi because it is increasingly failing to correctly install packages- the same is happening in some other distros. Anti didn’t add any new alternative, as far as he told me in the forum, to check out how antiX users would react- because we can always install opening a terminal, typing “sudo apt install” and dragging the .deb file to the terminal window and pressing enter (and entering the password, if asked).
My script is tiny because it’s really a front end for apt, much like antix-updater- it runs the commands, so you don’t have to, and you just see the cli do it’s thing and install the package…
@Mr Masinick – no, they are different packages- antix-contribs is a gitlab page where some scripts that are meant for antix but not part of it are installed. Contribs-goodies also includes antiX-cloud (developed with Spook’s older brother 🙂 )- a GUI to mount cloud drives so they can be accessed using the default file manager. Both were meant to be included in antiX, but didn’t make the cut, so, they found a new home in antiX-contribs…
Brian Masinick
Thanks for filling in the missing details for a second time so forgetful
people like me get it right!
🙂