Some way to install libborqt_6.9.0-3_i386.deb, once downloaded?

Eamonn Sullivan eamonn.sullivan at gmail.com
Fri Sep 15 07:29:23 UTC 2006


On 9/15/06, Erik Christiansen <erik at dd.nec.com.au> wrote:
> apt-get install works fine for me, for packages available in the
> repositories.
>
> Unfortunately, the only copy of libborqt_6.9.0-3_i386.deb that I've
> found so far, is on an http/ftp mirror. After downloading the file, I
> put it into /var/cache/apt/archives/, hoping that apt would be able to
> read from its archive, not just write to it. ;-)
>
> Maybe I'm not holding my mouth right, but neither
>
> apt-get install libborqt_6.9.0-3_i386
>                                            nor
> dpkg -i libborqt_6.9.0-3_i386

That latter is the one, but you need to do it with the full path and file name:

sudo dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/libborqt_6.9.0-3_i386.deb

-Eamonn




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