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I am trying to install this deb package http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/utils/b43-fwcutter but whenever I doubleclick it the install button is disabled.

I don't have internet connection.

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  • Most likely you are missing dependencies and that's why software center refuses to install.
    – con-f-use
    Jul 14, 2012 at 9:10
  • Do you have all the dependencies?
    – Anwar
    Jul 14, 2012 at 9:12
  • Do you have the package locally? Has it been downloaded?
    – Mitch
    Jul 14, 2012 at 9:15
  • How to find out what I am missing? Software center doesn't prompt anything. @Mitch yes, I downloaded it.
    – lunar
    Jul 14, 2012 at 9:18
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    You also need firmware-b43-installer. One big problem is that package needs an internet connection to download the Broadcom binary firmware package, so it's easiest if you can somehow get an Ethernet connection for just a few minutes.
    – ish
    Jul 14, 2012 at 9:23

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Open a terminal and go to the directory where the .deb file in loacated.

Then execute

sudo dpkg -i b43-fwcutter_015-9_i386.deb

This should work.

Note: Most of the time, this should not work if you don't have all dependent packages installed. But I inspected this package, and see that, it is only dependent on libc6 package, which is automatically installed by Ubuntu. Hence it should work.

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  • or you can install multiple deb package by typing sudo dpkg -i *.*deb
    – Kaktarua
    Jul 14, 2012 at 9:15
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    @Kaktarua, yes, only if you have all dependencies in the folder.
    – Anwar
    Jul 14, 2012 at 9:18
  • Thanks Anwar Shah you answer helped me to install the package.
    – lunar
    Jul 14, 2012 at 9:31
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I know it's a late answer, but you can install a .deb file by right-clicking on it and then selecting the Open in software center option.

This will take you to the software center from where you can install it very easily.

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You can also use GDebi if you want to install .deb packages via a GUI. I've used it to install Kernel updates before, it does a great job.

Look for GDebi in the Software Center.

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