Single application install

[Dalani]

I downloaed an open source application that I want to install. It is a ***.deb file on my USB keyring drive and with synaptic I tried to add a new repository. that didn't work I got error messages of **sources list**error. etc..

Is there way to simply install this app and/or add a repository from any disk or directory?????????

[Vergil83]

go to where the program is located and do

dpkg -i program_name.deb

http://www.opensourcemanuals.org/manual/dpkg/

[Dalani]

Thanks. Mark this one solved- it worked as far as enabling me to install a single package. But as you see below, dependency issues (another topic i guess)

:~$ sudo  dpkg -i amaya_wx-9.51-1_i386.deb
Selecting previously deselected package amaya.
(Reading database ... 66285 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking amaya (from amaya_wx-9.51-1_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of amaya:
 amaya depends on libc6 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-21); however:
  Version of libc6 on system is 2.3.2.ds1-20ubuntu13.

the question now; is can I update a single lib without screwing up my linux??

[Zelmo]

If you use apt-get, it won't let you screw up the system. At this point you should be able to do

# apt-get -f install

Apt will see that the other package didn't install because of a dependency, and it will try to resolve that dependency and finish installing the first package.