Installing / Uninstalling .deb files in Ubuntu

In Ubuntu , the package files are in .deb files . To install the packages file , you should be having administrative password.

Installing .deb debian package file in Ubuntu

• Double click the .deb file , it will be automatically opened with the GDebi Package manager and you can install it
• From command line , use this command to install a package .
  

  sudo dpkg -i PACKAGEFILE.deb

Uninstalling a package in Ubuntu

• From command line, use this command
  

  sudo dpkg -r PACKAGENAME