apt seems to be a sort of "unstable wrapper"

igorzwx · Yesterday 01:53:09

Why not a simple solution? A bash script with one command inside (as a substitute for gdebi).

For example:

mate-terminal -e <command>

To install a "local .deb" with dependencies, you can use apt or apt-get

A user-friendly GUI-less substitute for gdebi
1. a very simple bash script (e.g., three lines of code)
2. desktop launcher for this bash script
Right click on a deb file and select "install deb".
It opens a terminal, and runs sudo /usr/bin/apt-get install <path to your deb> on it.
It is much more user-friendly than gdebi

apt-get does not need a gui, it can be used as is.

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SteveM · Yesterday 03:52:21

I have found that nala mostly works as a replacement for apt. I say "mostly" because it can't do an apt dist-upgrade equivalent and when packages get in a real mess it also lacks the full features of apt to unbreak things.

igorzwx · Yesterday 10:00:27

when packages get in a real mess it also lacks the full features of apt to unbreak things.

Since apt is a sort of "unstable wrapper", it may lacks the full features of apt-get to unbreak things.

greenjeans · Yesterday 14:22:58

You could also just go the .desktop route, use apt-get, and run it in terminal, that at least would save some typing, so not a gui method, but a quick timesaver. In my workflow lately I do a lot of local installs.

igorzwx · Yesterday 15:02:32

If you do not know how to write such script (that is, a GUI-less substitute for gdebi, a sort of timesaver), you may try to think.

The same method can be used to run media files with CLI aps, e.g., aplay, mplayer, ffplay and the like, or with scripts (e.g, to resample waves with pcm_conv).

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greenjeans · Yesterday 15:36:08

1. a very simple bash script (e.g., three lines of code)

If you don't know how .desktops can work, you may be convinced you need a script.

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Action
Comment=Install local .deb package
Name=Install Package
Icon=info
Terminal=true
Profiles=on_file;

[X-Action-Profile on_file]
Exec=gksu.sh apt-get install %f
MimeTypes=application/x-debian-package;

igorzwx · Yesterday 15:47:39

Do you think that it is the simplest solution?

You may not use your gksu.sh with file. mediainfo, and the like.

So that, one desktop launcher, and one script which can be modified for the current needs.
You can simply uncomment the command you need.
NOTE: Filenames and paths with spaces should be supported.

If it is about security, then

Exec=gksu.sh /usr/bin/apt-get install %f

Linux Mint has two different apt

/usr/bin/apt
/usr/local/bin/apt

_https://github.com/linuxmint/mintsystem/blob/master/usr/local/bin/apt

greenjeans wrote:

Terminal=true

This is not acceptable. It should be like this:

Terminal=false

Terminal should be opened by "deb installer".
Terminal should remain open after apt-get exits, for it might be needed to fix problems. It should be under your control.

If you do not know how to open terminal from bash script and run commands on it, you may try to think.

There are many experts on security, on sound, on ALSA, and on everything else, who cannot write a simple script and cannot compile anything. Such "universal experts", as a rule, have affinity to censorship. This affinity can manifest in various ways, from individual tendencies to participate in online content moderation to governmental actions that suppress certain forms of speech.

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