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GDebi is a tool that can install .deb packages. It is available with a graphical interface, but also has a command line option. In Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat, GDebi was replaced by the Ubuntu Software Center. In Ubuntu 11.10, Ubuntu Software Center includes Gdebi functionality to increase the speed of .deb files installation.

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Using multiple cores to unpack a deb file in dpkg/gdebi/apt

I often need to test a deb package install in which the extraction step takes quite a bit of time. I've noticed that gdebi only (seems) to use a single core for the extraction, but it looks like ...
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Unable to install Steam 64bit - Wrong architecture (Lubuntu 12.04)

I'm on a new install of Lubuntu 12.04 on an Acer Aspire 5534 (specifications here, tl;dr: AMD dual-core 64bit) trying to install steam_latest.deb from the Steam website. When I open gdebi to install, ...
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Failed to install rstudio-1.0.143-amd64.deb in Ubuntu 16.04

Good folks, please help. I downloaded rstudio-1.0.143-amd64.deb from https://download1.rstudio.org then checked its MD5, then installed deb using gdebi, and failed: $ sudo gdebi -n rstudio-1.0.143-...
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New deb application does not appear in dash

I've had this problem in 14.04 LTS and 16.04 LTS. After installing a new application (Viber, e.g.) via Gdebi, Synaptic or Ubuntu software, the application does not appear in Unity dash (or classic ...
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Future Warning with gdebi while installing some packages

I installed gdebi and then tried to install some .deb with it. The first time I tried installing them, it didn't, showing these: /usr/bin/gdebi:113: FutureWarning: Possible nested set at position 1 ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 Critical Error

I tried installing Zoom with software centre and it didn't install.work. I then tried to install gdebi with software centre and it didn't install either. I then tried to install gdebi in the terminal ...
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Some Debian packages, specifically Crossover, not installing on Ubuntu 18.10

Currently, I'm trying to install Crossover on my laptop running Ubuntu 18.10. However, the Debian package won't seem to install. This is not the only package that won't install. Off the top of my head ...
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gdebi install now failing on Trusty

Anyone know what's happened to gdebi? Up until the end of September our scripts were working fine - though a little long winded. sudo apt-get install -y aptitude sudo aptitude install -y gdebi ...
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OpenJDK 7 jre required

I have .deb package when I try to install it with Gdebi it return: Error dependency is not satisfiable openjdk-7 jre I have openjdk-8 jre installed but it still appeared referring to How do I ...
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How does the --root option of gdebi work?

I'm trying to install a local .deb file and all it's dependencies from local .deb files, too. I want to use gdebi and saw, that it has a --root option. --root=ROOTDIR Use alternative ...
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Customized debian/control file: Dependency is not satisfiable (python3-psycopg2)

I want to install my own Odoo 11 Debian package on Ubuntu 18.04. Here's the "Depends" part of my debian/control file: Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${python3:Depends}, adduser, lsb-base, ...
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GDebi error at launch (Ubuntu 21.04)

I'm getting a strange error message when launching gdebi-gtk from terminal. It prompts an error window which shows as follows: Downloading the package failed: file «» «g-io-error-quark: Operation ...
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GDebi Package Installer Does Nothing

No errors and GDebi opens but when I select Install Package, nothing happens. It WAS working a few days ago with the same .deb but not today and a system reboot did not help. I am not sure what else ...
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password field to install programs using gdebi is disabled

I was trying to install a .deb file in Ubuntu 17.10 using gdebi but the password field is disabled. Also cannot open using gksudo the same password prompt which I cannot type the password.
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tidy/libtidy recursive installation hell

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. I installed "tidy" to process some HTML files. I discovered it was unable, did a little Googling, and found the "modern" version of tidy at http://www.html-tidy.org/. I downloaded ...
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Unmet Dependency while installing RStudio on Ubuntu 16.10

So I downloaded RStudio and I tried installing it with Gdebi on my Ubuntu 16.10 sudo gdebi rstudio-0.99.903-amd64.deb The error message This package is uninstallable Dependency is not satisfiable:...
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Dependancy is not satisfiable, trying to install pencil2d

I'm using Ubuntu 16.10 I'm trying to install pencil2d_0.5.4-20130728.1_amd64.deb and I got this message: Dependancy is not satisfiable:libgif4 (>=4.1.4) Please Help
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Ubuntu 14.10 | I can't install Software

I can't install software after I installed Ubuntu 14.10 19 days ago. If I want to install Skype I get (in German): Paketlisten werden gelesen... Fertig Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut. ...
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GDEBI Installer error

E: xipper: arch-independent-package-contains-binary-or-object usr/bin/extract-xiso E: xipper: missing-dependency-on-libc needed by usr/bin/extract-xiso E: xipper: debian-changelog-file-missing E: ...
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