[Bug 76158] Cannot install deb packages from GUI in Kubuntu (no gdebi equivalent)

[Robert Knight]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: kubuntu-desktop

It is not possible to easily install standalone software packages from the GUI in Kubuntu.
If you download a .deb package and click on it, the package opens in the archive viewer Ark.

Under Ubuntu the gdebi program is associated with .deb files and it opens them and prompts to install the package when you click on the 
file in Nautilus.

This affects a number of important use cases:

1.  People downloading packages which cannot be included in Kubuntu repositories for legal reasons
2.  People trying to package newer versions of software for Kubuntu for others to test (either for bug fixes, features, new drivers etc.)
3.  ISVs trying to package software for Kubuntu

An ideal gdebi equivalent in Kubuntu would also support RPMs ( and
convert them using a tool such as alien )

** Affects: kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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Cannot install deb packages from GUI in Kubuntu (no gdebi equivalent)
https://launchpad.net/bugs/76158