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I'm trying to install the gdebi.deb package on my computer. I need to do it manually through the terminal, but I have tried the sudo install -I package.deb but says it doesn't work because it's not a directory or something. Then I did cd /home/user/downloads/package.deb and when it changed directories I did sudo install -I package.deb but the same thing came up. I've already downloaded gdebi.deb in my downloads but need to install it through the terminal.

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Please cd to the folder containing the .deb file and use sudo dpkg -i gdebi.deb. See the man page on dpkg for more info. If you require any more help, I'll assist further.

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okay thank you so much! I had to change the directory to /downloads and then use the sudo dpkg and it seemed to work but it said errors were encounterd so not sure what that means – Lyman Frandsen Jul 16 '12 at 20:06
This is the usual way to manually install packages; however, can you specify what warnings or errors were encountered? Often, they can be minor: in dpkg language, 'W: ...' means warnings and 'E: ...' means errors. – Mik Jul 16 '12 at 20:20
If you enter in the terminal, tail -n 30 /var/log/dpkg.log it should say 'status installed <package>' if it has been successful. – Mik Jul 16 '12 at 20:25
please do a dependency fix operation by typing sudo apt-get -f install. – Kaktarua Jul 16 '12 at 20:35
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"sudo install" isn't an appropriate command to achieve what you want.This, however, is: sudo dpkg -i package.deb

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Always use dpkg to install off-line package. – Kaktarua Jul 16 '12 at 20:37

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