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klinx104
2013-04-20, 03:54
hi kali users,
i'm an utter linux n00b, being a windows user almost all my life.
ive had kali installed for about 3 days, and am persoanlsing it to my needs,
and have run into a problem...
most downloads come as .deb files, but when i double click it i get this error:
GDBus.Error:org.gtk.GDBus.UnmappedGError.Quark._pk _5ftransaction_5ferror.Code4: SimulateInstallFiles not supported by backend
any help?
thanks,
klinx
zaiddgenx
2013-05-17, 07:19
yes, you would find most files downloaded as tar.gz or .deb files.
to install .deb files open terminal and type "apt-get install file name"
if you get an error "E:UNABLE TO LOCATE PACKAGE "package name".
then do the following
add this
deb http://http.kali.org/ /kali main contrib non-free
deb http://http.kali.org/ /wheezy main contrib non-free
deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-dev main contrib non-free
deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-dev main/debian-installer
deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali-dev main contrib non-free
deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali main contrib non-free
deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali main/debian-installer
deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali main contrib non-free
deb http://security.kali.org/kali-security kali/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.kali.org/kali-security kali/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://repo.kali.org/kali kali-bleeding-edge main
to your /etc/apt/sources.list then run
apt-get update ; apt-get dist-upgrade -y .
hope this works. :) this is how i installed google chrome which was downloaded in .deb file .
root-boy
2013-05-17, 16:06
use the following command to install .deb packages
dpkg -i file_name.deb
aditya.kamble
2014-03-12, 19:36
it worked for me...thnx...