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I have Password Safe installed and running OK on my 20.04 LTS notebook.

I got an email advising of an updated version so I downloaded passwordsafe-ubuntu18-1.10-amd64.deb

I found and followed advice from this site to install the update as follows:

chris@CandKAcer:~$ sudo dpkg -i passwordsafe-ubuntu18-1.10-amd64.deb
[sudo] password for chris: 
dpkg: error: cannot access archive 'passwordsafe-ubuntu18-1.10-amd64.deb': No such file or directory
chris@CandKAcer:~$

The file passwordsafe-ubuntu18-1.10-amd64.deb is in my downloads folder.

What did I do wrong?

I also tried to Install it by extracting it in Archive Manager, but no go. In an earlier version of Ubuntu the Archive Manager had an Install button which worked fine, but the Extract button in Archive Manager 3.36.1 doesn't do the same!

I know this should be easy, but I'm new to Ubuntu and I'm struggling with this.

Precise step by step instructions would be greatly appreciated.

muru
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MitcheCA
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3 Answers3

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GUI Method 1

  1. Install "GDebi Package Installer" from Ubuntu software store.
  2. Right-click on the .deb file.
  3. Select "Open with other application".
  4. Open the file with "GDebi Package Installer".
  5. Authenticate.
  6. Press install.

GUI Method 2

  1. Right-click on the .deb file.
  2. Select "Open with other application".
  3. Open the file with "Software Install".
  4. Authenticate.
  5. Press "Install".

Command Line Method 1

  1. Open terminal.
  2. Type sudo dpkg -i /home/chris/Downloads/passwordsafe-ubuntu18-1.10-amd64.deb and press Enter.

Command Line Method 2

  1. Open terminal.
  2. Type cd Downloads and press Enter.
  3. Type sudo dpkg -i passwordsafe-ubuntu18-1.10-amd64.deb and press Enter.
VidathD
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Go to Downloads directory before executing the command:

  1. Open Terminal

  2. cd Downloads

  3. sudo dpkg -i passwordsafe-ubuntu18-1.10-amd64.deb

SurvivalMachine
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Other than dpkg command, you can install gdebi:

sudo apt install gdebi

gdebi uses in a transparent way dpkg for installing deb packages but also managing automatically the dependencies: so if you don't want to personally worry about dependencies, use gdebi.

sudo gdebi <package-name.deb>
Lorenz Keel
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