Post #2255546
2026-05-04 00:07 UTC
If you use #Linux and are using a #Debian or #Ubuntu based distro, one thing I would recommend for installing .deb files (ones you download from outside your repos), is to install "gdebi" and use that to open and install your .deb packages instead of your "Software Center". Reason being, "gdebi", before it actually installs anything, lets you browse the contents of the package, read the contents of control files like postinst, etc. to make sure it isn't doing anything shady.
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Replies (2)
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@s4mdf0o1@piaille.fr 2026-05-04 04:33
@gerowen@mastodon.social what is the source of your yt-dl-pytk ?
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@tokenizer@fosstodon.org 2026-05-04 19:28
@gerowen@mastodon.social interesting tip. how do you get the .deb file in the first place?