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cpcnw

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[FIXED] Best way to handle .deb files?

I want to install this

https://anydesk.com/download

whats the best way to handle .deb under q4os?

Thanks

Last edited by cpcnw (2017-06-12 11:09)

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cpcnw

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From: Southport, UK

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Re: [FIXED] Best way to handle .deb files?

I manually extracted to a temp folder

$ dpkg-deb -x anydesk_2.9.1-1_amd64.deb /home/temp

The main executable complains

./anydesk: error while loading shared libraries: libgtkglext-x11-1.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

there are no libs included in the .deb

reminds of 'dll hell' on that other os lol!

Last edited by cpcnw (2017-06-12 07:13)

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bin

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Re: [FIXED] Best way to handle .deb files?

Assuming 64 bit version downloaded

Option 1:-
Open terminal in download folder
sudo dpkg -i anydesk_2.9.1-1_amd64.deb

Option 2:-
Use either synaptic or command line to install gdebi (sudo apt-get install gdebi)
Then right click on anydesk_2.9.1-1_amd64.deb
Open with>gdebi

gdebi will look for dependencies and resolve them as part of the install.

This does of course come with a health warning - any application installed from outside the normal repositories is at your own risk etc etc etc

cpcnw

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From: Southport, UK

Registered: 2016-02-28

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Re: [FIXED] Best way to handle .deb files?

Thanks

gdebi worked perfectly and fetched deps

AnyDesk works fine too

Would still be using TV11 but its nagging hell out of me [used on one PC only]

Last edited by cpcnw (2017-06-12 07:20)

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