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I am running linspire 4.5. i dowloaded the file from juno.com , juno.deb. When i double click the files icon a popup comes up asking what to open the file with.can anyone tell me what to use. I am a nubie to linux so any help would be appreciated.
Assuming that .deb files work in Linspire like they do in Debian, you'll need to go to a terminal or konsole, enter su to gain root privileges, and then enter the following command:
Code:
dpkg -i /path/to/file/filename.deb
For example, if it's juno.deb and it's in your /home/username directory, it would be like this:
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