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Author: Mike Garfias
Date:  
To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: Need help installing .deb package
dpkg -i /path/to/package.deb

thats all there is to it

Siri Amrit Kaur spoke forth with the blessed manuscript:
> I just downloaded the Opera .deb to my /home/[user] partition. How do
> I install it? What directory do I install it to? What are the
> commands and do I need to be root? I want it installed so all users
> can use it.
>
> I've used apt-get install to download and install packages before, but
> for a package that's already been downloaded, I don't know what to do
> with it.
>
> Thanks,
> Siri Amrit
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