I have installed 3 versions of Sparky over the last few days and everything is great except for gdebi problem which I can't get past. After updating system, if I try to install a program from a .deb file I get the following message.... "You tried to install a file that does not (or no longer) exist." It doesn't matter what deb application I try to install the result is always the same. I even tried to run gdebi from terminal with $gdebi-gtk but get another error message which makes no sense. I distro hop often and have never ran into this problem. I very much like Sparky but if I can't solve this problem I will have to quit using it. Thanks for any help.
I might add that the minimul gui edition (openbox) didn't have the problem until it was updated, both the semi-rolling and the stable versions had to problem after initial install (latest versions).
Try debi-tool instead.
I did a fresh install and DEBiTool worked until the first update (upgrade) and then stopped working. No matter which .deb file I tell it to open I get this message...... "Not a DEB package. Exiting...."
So, there is a problem with the deb, I think.
Try in the dir you have the deb package:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install ./your-package-name-version.deb
Show me output if any problem.
Yep, that works. Thanks!
...it would be interesting to know what broke gdebi & debitool though.
Thanks again, pavroo.