Is there a way to install a deb package directly from a URL, using a shell?
Something like
dpkg -i http://domain.com/path/to/package.deb
(I know I could use wget and then dpkg, I'm just wondering if there's something that does it already)
Edit: I didn't see your previous statement about knowing you could wget so this is a bit awkward... I'll leave this here for anybody who wants to know how to do this. Additionally the previous version of my answer didn't work but this version (at the expense of being somewhat longer) does:
TEMP_DEB="$(mktemp)" &&
wget -O "$TEMP_DEB" 'http://path.to/my.deb' &&
sudo dpkg -i "$TEMP_DEB"
rm -f "$TEMP_DEB"
You just need to alter the URL at the beginning. This could be aliased or written as a bash function.
I realise there are technical and security issues surrounding this (you don't get automatic updates, can the source be trusted, etc), but on a purely can-I-do-it basis, this might work.
