Type the command that installs the already-downloaded Debian package file /tmp/htop_3.0.5_amd64.deb using the low-level Debian package tool (not apt).
LPIC-1 Exam 101-500, objective 102. Linux installation and package management easy
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Answer
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Accepted answers
dpkg -i /tmp/htop_3.0.5_amd64.debdpkg --install /tmp/htop_3.0.5_amd64.deb
Case sensitive — Linux is, and grading LS as ls would teach a falsehood.
Why
dpkg -i (long form --install) unpacks and configures a .deb file from the filesystem. It does not download or resolve dependencies: if the package needs something that is not installed, dpkg leaves it unconfigured and prints the unmet dependencies, which you then satisfy with 'apt-get -f install'. Related dpkg options worth knowing: -r removes a package but keeps its configuration files, -P purges configuration too, -l lists installed packages, -L lists the files an installed package owns, -S finds which installed package owns a file, and -c lists the contents of a .deb file without installing it.
Where this comes from
- Cited
- LPI exam objective 102.4
- What it says
- Install and manage Debian binary packages with dpkg.
Practise this
Reading one question is not practice. The trainer will draw a set from objective 102 and space the ones you get wrong.