How to install a pacjage I compiled

[Tom H]

On Sun, Apr 5, 2020 at 9:19 PM Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users
<ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 5 Apr 2020 15:00:31 -0400, stan wrote:
>>
>> I am trying to get a package I compiled with changes installed:
>>
>> root at openssl-test:~/src# apt-get install --reinstall
>> ./openssl_1.1.1d-0+deb10u2_amd64.deb
>
> 'apt-get' can not be used to install a local package.
>
> As root use 'apt' if dependencies from repos are needed, 'dpkg' only
> if no dependencies from repos should be neede, you also could use
> 'gdebi' to install a local package and it's dependencies from
> repositories.

You can install a local .deb with "apt-get install ./<package>.deb".