Install and Use Gdebi Package Installer in Ubuntu

How to install gdebi in Ubuntu 16.04/16.10/17.04. Gdebi is a lightweight deb packages installer is default in Ubuntu Desktop. Nowadays Ubuntu Software center is showing some errors while installing Packages.

How to Install Gdebi in Ubuntu 16.04 & 18.04

Gdebi is a lightweight deb packages installer is default in Ubuntu Desktop.

What is Gdebi ?

Gdebi is a lightweight deb packages installer available by default in Ubuntu Desktop. Nowadays Ubuntu Software center is showing some errors while installing Packages.

Gdebi lets you to install any deb packages without opening the Default software center in Ubuntu.

You can install Gdebi by the Following two methods.

1. Command Line
2. Via Software center

Open Terminal and type the following commands.

Updating the APT Repository

sudo apt-get update

Installing Gdebi

sudo apt-get install gdebi

By entering this command, It will ask your root password to perform installation action.

After the installation, You can Open Gdebi via Dashboard.

Open the Software Center and search for Gdebi, By simply clicking the Install Button you can install gdebi package manager.

I hope you have successfully install Gdebi in your Ubuntu system. Feel free to Write comments below. 🙂