On Mon 08 Jun 2020 at 07:17:17 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sat, Jun 06, 2020 at 06:08:48PM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > As per the description, gdebi is for local (i.e. downloaded .deb files) > > so it provides a function that synaptic does not. > > For the record, gdebi is basically obsolete these days. Its main > feature ("install a local .deb plus all of its dependencies") has > been incorporated into apt-get and apt. > > apt install ./some-local-file.deb > > Don't forget the leading ./ characters. They are required so that apt > knows this is a pathname rather than a packagename. You're also allowed > to specify a pathname with leading / or leading ../ characters.
Many users find gdebi very convenient to use, partularly when it is associated with a double-click on a filename. -- Brian.