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I downloaded deb-creator-i386 and it seemed to install. It is supposed to be a GUI for compiling and packaging. After install it says in order to run or execute the program or app, I have to do that with a command in terminal. Tried use ./. Did not work. I am using Lubuntu 16.04.

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Dani
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  • I'm not very familiar with this utility, but if it installed correctly, it should have added itself to your commands. You should be able to type something like "deb-creator" in the terminal to launch it. Maybe try typing "deb" then hit tab once or twice to see if it auto completes the command? – Paul Tanzini Mar 24 '18 at 21:39
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    *"Tried use "./". Did not work."* what **exactly** did you type? what **exactly** happened? – steeldriver Mar 25 '18 at 00:00
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    Possible duplicate of [How do I install a .deb file via the command line?](https://askubuntu.com/questions/40779/how-do-i-install-a-deb-file-via-the-command-line) For your question [this answer](https://askubuntu.com/questions/40779/how-do-i-install-a-deb-file-via-the-command-line/769542#769542) is the best one because it also installs the dependencies. – karel Mar 25 '18 at 11:10

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Calling dpkg -i deb-creator-i386.deb directly is not good idea because of dependencies.

Better ways are:

sudo apt-get install ./deb-creator-i386.deb

and GDebI:

sudo apt-get install gdebi gdebi-common
sudo gdebi-gtk ./deb-creator-i386.deb # GUI

or

sudo gdebi ./deb-creator-i386.deb # from terminal

After installation you can find its executable with

dpkg -L deb-creator-i386 | grep bin
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You can install the deb file with apt in a terminal. Open a terminal an navigate to the foilder where the downloaded deb file was saved. Then install the deb file with the command:

sudo apt-get install ./deb-creator-i386.deb

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  • Don't understand why this was voted down, my proposed solution works fine is also recommended on the [German Ubuntu Wiki](https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Paketinstallation_DEB/#apt) for installing deb files. – palto Aug 20 '18 at 18:09
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To install a .deb file, open a terminal and type

sudo dpkg -i

drag the deb into the terminal and click enter

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Try typing this in the terminal,

sudo dpkg -i deb-creator-i386.deb

Then hit Enter.

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    This is the perfect method to install deb files through terminal. Otherwise double click to open with software center and install – Pranal Narayan Mar 25 '18 at 05:12