installing .debs

Forum: Other Help Topics
Topic: installing .debs
started by: nbx909

Posted by nbx909 on May 16 2005,22:13

I want to install gmailfs on my DSL machine. I got the .deb off of the debian website but how do i install it?

Posted by adraker on May 16 2005,22:36

If you've got dsl-dpkg.dsl and probably gnu-utils.dsl
loaded, *and any depends the package may need*,
then you can cd to where you left the
package, and dpkg -i <packagename>.deb
which will hopefully install your new package.
Check the manpage for dpkg for other uses of the
command, like listing depends, status, etc.

Posted by nbx909 on May 17 2005,21:07

dang the dependancies arn't installing... somebody needs to make a .dsl for gmailfs...