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installation of downloaded package AutoQ3D Program
in Ubuntu
[email protected]:~$ apt-get install q3d
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?
[email protected]:~$ sudo apt-get install q3d
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package q3d
[email protected]:~$
I downloaded autoQ3d which is a deb package and it shows in my directory but it says it can't find the package. What command should I be using to force the install?:(
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example:
[email protected]: cd /home/<your username>/Downloads <enter>
[email protected]: sudo apt-get install q3d
and see if that works.
I use Gnome as does Ubuntu and I'm assuming their download folder is named Downloads also.