20.10: Installing a .deb with dependencies -- HowTo?

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Fri, 23 Apr 2021 17:16:39 -0400 (EDT), Robert Heller wrote:
>It claims that the .deb file is not a package name.

Ok. Did you try with a path? I didn't know what was mentioned by Colin
[1], but just mentioned "apt update && apt install /path/foo.deb" to
rule out as much pitfalls as possible.

[1]
On Fri, 23 Apr 2021 22:35:30 +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
>The "apt install ./whatever.deb" form is tested by apt's test suite, so
>should still work fine.