GDEBI(1)

✨ GDEBI ✨

okay bestie, so this is gdebi, from the General Commands Manual section — she's the little helper that installs .deb files for you and she does NOT play about dependencies 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

gdebi — simple tool to install deb files 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

gdebi [package.deb]...

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so here's the tea, bestie: gdebi lets you install local deb packages, and the iconic part is that it resolves <em>and</em> installs their dependencies for you. like, she does the whole thing. no cap. 🫶

now, apt does the exact same thing — but only for remote packages, the ones sitting at http or ftp locations. so if your .deb is just vibing on your own machine, that's gdebi's moment to shine ✨

and she's multi-talented fr fr: she can also resolve build-depends of debian/control files. main character energy honestly 👑

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• --version — shows you the program's version number and then dips out (exit). 💀
• -h, --help — prints this help message and then dips out (exit). 🫶
• --n, --non-interactive — runs in non-interactive mode. > ⚠️ and yes, the manpage literally says dangerous! so like... be aware, bestie 😭
• --o APT_OPTS, --option=APT_OPTS — sets an APT configuration option. ✨
• --q, --quiet — do not show progress information. she's being mysterious 🤫
• --apt-line — simulates only, and prints an apt-get install-compatible line to stderr. 🧚
• --root=ROOTDIR — use an alternative root dir. 🌈

⭐ EXAMPLES ⭐

gdebi foo_1.0_all.deb
gdebi foo-1.0/debian/control

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

Homepage: https://launchpad.net/gdebi/

👑 AUTHOR 👑

This manual page was written by Gustavo Franco <stratus@debian.org> and Kartik Mistry <kartik@debian.org>, for the Debian project — but like, it may be used by others too, she's generous 💅

and that's the whole page bestie!! this one came from the General Commands Manual source, dated Oce 13, 2009 — yeah the typo is literally in the original, I'm not fixing her, that's just her vibe 💀 — so mwah, go install something, ily, byeee 🎀✨🦋