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[#]: subject: "Ubuntu MATE’s Lead Creates a Nifty Tool to Help Install 3rd Party Deb Packages"
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[#]: via: "https://news.itsfoss.com/deb-get-ubuntu/"
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[#]: author: "Ankush Das https://news.itsfoss.com/author/ankush/"
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[#]: collector: "lkxed"
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[#]: translator: " "
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Ubuntu MATE’s Lead Creates a Nifty Tool to Help Install 3rd Party Deb Packages
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An interesting tool to replace apt-get for 3rd party .deb packages on Ubuntu. It should help you save time!
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![deb get][1]
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Ubuntu MATE’s lead,**Martin Wimpress,** has another fun project for Linux users.
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In case you did not know, Martin regularly develops something interesting. Last year, we covered [Quickemu][2], which helps create virtual machines in Linux through a QEMU-based GUI tool making the process easy.
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Now, he is back with an interesting “**deb-get**” tool that aims to imitate the functionality of “**apt-get**” for 3rd party .deb packages.
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Let us take a closer look at it.
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### Deb Get: Seamlessly Install 3rd Party Deb Packages Using the CLI
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When it comes to software packages that aren’t available in the official repositories (like Google Chrome, Vivaldi), you will have to [add a PPA (unofficial/official)][3] or download the .deb file and [get it installed][4] manually.
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What if you can simply install it using the terminal as if it is available in the official repositories?
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That’s where the deb-get tool comes in.
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Usually, when installing a package through the terminal, you utilize either of the following commands:
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```
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sudo apt install packagename
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```
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or
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```
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sudo apt-get install packagename
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```
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You get to keep the same format and simply replace apt-get with this tool, which should look like this:
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```
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sudo deb-get install packagename
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```
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As an example, usually, we needed to add the PPA or download the deb file when [installing Vivaldi on Linux][5].
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Now, if you set up the deb-get tool on your system**(setup instructions at the end of this article**), you can easily install Vivaldi using the following command:
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sudo deb-get install vivaldi-stable
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```
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![][6]
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And, just like the apt-get upgrade process, you can upgrade packages using the following command:
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```
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sudo deb-get upgrade
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```
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**Note:** While it makes it easy to install third-party .deb packages, you will be limited to a verified list supported by the tool. You can expect the list of supported packages to expand soon, but it already supports many [essential applications.][7]
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You can also check the list of available packages that you can install with deb-get using the following command:
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```
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sudo deb-get list
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```
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![deb-get][8]
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### Setting Up Deb-Get on Ubuntu-based Distributions
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The deb-get tool works with Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (I tested it) and should work with other Ubuntu-based distributions.
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You can install it on your system using the command below:
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```
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sudo apt install curl && curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wimpysworld/deb-get/main/deb-get | sudo -E bash -s install deb-get
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```
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Or, you can download the deb package for it manually from its [GitHub releases section][9].
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To explore more about it, and the available commands/functionalities, you can head to its [GitHub page][10].
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*What do you think of deb-get attempting to mimic apt-get functionality for third-party packages? Do you think it is useful? Let me know your thoughts in the comments.*
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**Via: OMG!Ubuntu!**
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via: https://news.itsfoss.com/deb-get-ubuntu/
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作者：[Ankush Das][a]
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选题：[lkxed][b]
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[a]: https://news.itsfoss.com/author/ankush/
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[b]: https://github.com/lkxed
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[1]: https://news.itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/deb-get.jpg
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[2]: https://itsfoss.com/quickgui/
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[3]: https://itsfoss.com/ppa-guide/
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[4]: https://itsfoss.com/install-deb-files-ubuntu/
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[5]: https://itsfoss.com/install-vivaldi-ubuntu-linux/
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[6]: https://news.itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/deb-get-vivaldi.jpg
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[7]: https://itsfoss.com/essential-linux-applications/
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[8]: https://news.itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/deb-get-list.jpg
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[9]: https://github.com/wimpysworld/deb-get/releases
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[10]: https://github.com/wimpysworld/deb-get
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