(Solved) Default handling of .deb packages?

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Re: Default handling of .deb packages?

Post by locutus »

Best to, as you say, right click the .deb and install with dpkg.
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brando569

Re: Default handling of .deb packages?

Post by brando569 »

AFAIK thats not the default behavior it should open up one of the package handlers but i forget what its called at the moment.
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antonio

Re: (Solved) Default handling of .deb packages?

Post by antonio »

KPackage is no good as it cannot handle dependencies (AFAIK). Default package installer should be gdebi-kde IMHO.
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rfpa

Re: (Solved) Default handling of .deb packages?

Post by rfpa »

I think you have to have the gdebi package installed for the click on a deb package elicits the automatic install.
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