Installing an application from a .deb file in Ubuntu 10.10 has changed.
Sorta.
In previous editions of Ubuntu a dedicated tool for installation .deb files – called Gdebi – would open up after double-clicking on a .deb file. This window allowed you to read a provided description, see files included with the package and, most importantly, offer you an easy ‘one-click’ installation button to instigate the grunt.
![Package Installer - fotoxx_006[3]](https://149366088.v2.pressablecdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/PackageInstallerfotoxx_0063_thumb1.png "Package Installer - fotoxx_006[3]")
In Ubuntu 10.10 .deb’s are now handled via the Ubuntu Software Centre by default, with a double-click of a .deb launching the store and opening up an installation page equally as simple as gdebi.
![Screenshot[3]](https://149366088.v2.pressablecdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Screenshot3_thumb.png "Screenshot[3]")
The move is a smart one; no more is .deb package installation left aloof of the desktop experience but finally handled by the same tool you’d, logically, expect it to.
Thanks to VS8