To start, you will need to install the Gdebi app using the terminal. After installing the Gdebi app, download a DEB package to your computer using your web browser of choice. Then, enter your password into the text box.
Your email address will not be published. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Home Linux. Get daily tips in your inbox Newsletter. For example Gnome Software :. This loads the DEB package for installation. It automatically determines the package dependencies that should be installed as well. Removing the manually installed DEB package is the same as for any other package. First remove the package itself with this command:.
Next, request APT to remove package dependencies that were installed as well and that your system no longer needs:. For testing purposes we used the DEB package of the Atom editor. You can use APT, assuming that you are comfortable working from the terminal. The command syntax is:. Note the importance of the -f command line parameter.
You need it to have APT automatically install package dependencies for you. Alternatively, you can use the GDebi software program, in case you prefer a program with a graphical user interface. You can also use APT to remove the package and its dependencies from your system. It is a two step process. First remove the actual package and then its dependencies. APT automatically figures out which dependencies it no longer needs:. Personally, I highly recommend getting comfortable with working from the terminal on Linux.
It might strike you as inconvenient at first, but the Linux terminal offers so many powerful tools. Things such as grep , find , awk , sed and many more. As a first practice you can go through the article that teaches you how to edit text files from the terminal with Nano.
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If you are interested in Testing or Unstable, visit our releases page. An official cloud image , built by the cloud team, can be used on:. Some of the books about Debian come with CDs, too. When you are ready, you can run the included installer starting from Debian 10 Buster, this is the end-user-friendly Calamares Installer. Provided the images meet your size, language, and package selection requirements, this method may be suitable for you. Read more information about this method to help you decide.
If any of the hardware in your system requires non-free firmware to be loaded with the device driver, you can use one of the tarballs of common firmware packages or download an unofficial image including these non-free firmwares.
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