On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 07:28:20AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 08/13/2018 06:59 AM, Joe wrote: > > On Mon, 13 Aug 2018 06:47:02 -0500 > > Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote: > > > > > PREAMBLE: > > > I've downloaded a .deb file. > > > I've recently done such an install but don't remember how. > > > Looking at the man pages for apt, apt-get, aptitude didn't help. > > > Couldn't come up with useful search term for wiki. > > > Eventually recalled "dpkg -i" which worked. > > > > > > QUESTION: > > > How would someone find the answer if the answer wasn't already known? > > > I went thru the same sequence last time. > > > > > > > https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=install+.deb&gws_rd=ssl > > > > First hit: > > https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/159094/how-to-install-a-deb-file-by-dpkg-i-or-by-apt > > > > A partial "mea culpa" ;/ > I was completely focused on Debian tools and never thought of searching the > whole web. > > My gut feeling is still there should be a way to use Debian tools.
Oki dokey, here ya gokey: apt-cache search install | sort | egrep -i debian\ package Of course this can go in a script, or part of it ... (In this particular example there's a few too many results really, but not much you can do about that ... that's what J^BGoogle is for.)
