I installed SME dpkg -i sme.deb, it installed it but I could not start it.
However when I started the software center it told me that something was broken and it needed fixing, so I allowed it and after it was finished, SME started.
So what I want to know should i install deb files with dpkg -i commend or should I use other commend ???
Thank you for your time
dpkg tells you what went wrong if you read its output.
However if you like GUI apps, I would recommend GDebi to install deb files, although if something goes wrong it will recommend you to open a terminal and do a sudo apt-get install -f.
To install GDebi: sudo apt-get install gdebi. Then for every deb file you have, right click and select Open With -> GDebi.
And a screenshot:
Using
sudo dpkg -i <package_name.deb>
is the standard way of installing .deb files on ubuntu. However, this won't install any dependencies for you, so this would mean if you want to install a package that requires some other package you will have to install the required package yourself first and then install the package you want to.
apt is a software that will handle this concern for you and handle all required dependencies. However, this will not install packages that are not available in the repositories or as ppa's.
So, yes if you have .deb file, you should be using dpkg to install package but use apt whenever you have to install packages that are available in the repositories.
