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[James Tappin]

On Fri, 16 May 2008 13:43:19 -0500
Joseph <ubuntu at e-pops.org> wrote:

J> ragweed at ragweed-den:~$ sudo apt-get install
J> avast4workstation_1.0.8-2.deb Reading package lists... Done
J> Building dependency tree
J> Reading state information... Done
J> E: Couldn't find package avast4workstation_1.0.8-2.deb
J> ragweed at ragweed-den:~$ sudo apt-get install
J> /home/ragweed/Desktop/avast4workstation_1.0.8-2.deb Reading package
J> lists... Done Building dependency tree
J> Reading state information... Done
J> E: Couldn't find package
J> ragweed at ragweed-den:~$
J> 
J> 
J> I tried it plain because it seems to know to look on the desktop,
J> then I entered the path to it....   and it doesn't find it. 
J>   Any ideas?

apt-get looks in the repositories, if you want to install a local
packages the proper command is:
sudo dpkg -i /home/ragweed/Desktop/avast4workstation_1.0.8-2.deb

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