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# Ubuntu MATE's Lead Creates a Nifty Tool to Help Install 3rd Party Deb Packages
- URL: https://itsfoss.com/news/deb-get-ubuntu/
- Published: 2022-05-06T15:26:11.000Z
- Updated: 2022-05-06T15:26:15.000Z
- Author: Ankush Das
- Tags: Application Releases, News, #Import 2025-11-08 21:15

Ubuntu MATE’s lead, **Martin Wimpress,** has another fun project for Linux users.

In case you did not know, Martin regularly develops something interesting. Last year, we covered [Quickemu](https://itsfoss.com/quickgui/), which helps create virtual machines in Linux through a QEMU-based GUI tool making the process easy.

Now, he is back with an interesting “**deb-get**” tool that aims to imitate the functionality of “**apt-get**” for 3rd party .deb packages.

Let us take a closer look at it.

## Deb Get: Seamlessly Install 3rd Party Deb Packages Using the CLI

When it comes to software packages that aren’t available in the official repositories (like Google Chrome, Vivaldi), you will have to [add a PPA (unofficial/official)](https://itsfoss.com/ppa-guide/) or download the .deb file and [get it installed](https://itsfoss.com/install-deb-files-ubuntu/) manually.

What if you can simply install it using the terminal as if it is available in the official repositories?

That’s where the deb-get tool comes in.

Usually, when installing a package through the terminal, you utilize either of the following commands:

```
sudo apt install packagename
```

or

```
sudo apt-get install packagename
```

You get to keep the same format and simply replace apt-get with this tool, which should look like this:

```
sudo deb-get install packagename
```

As an example, usually, we needed to add the PPA or download the deb file when [installing Vivaldi on Linux](https://itsfoss.com/install-vivaldi-ubuntu-linux/).

Now, if you set up the deb-get tool on your system **(setup instructions at the end of this article**), you can easily install Vivaldi using the following command:

```
sudo deb-get install vivaldi-stable
```

![](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/wordpress/2022/05/deb-get-vivaldi.jpg)

And, just like the apt-get upgrade process, you can upgrade packages using the following command:

```
sudo deb-get upgrade
```

**Note:** While it makes it easy to install third-party .deb packages, you will be limited to a verified list supported by the tool. You can expect the list of supported packages to expand soon, but it already supports many [essential applications.](https://itsfoss.com/essential-linux-applications/)

You can also check the list of available packages that you can install with deb-get using the following command:

```
sudo deb-get list
```

![deb-get](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/wordpress/2022/05/deb-get-list.jpg)

## Setting Up Deb-Get on Ubuntu-based Distributions

The deb-get tool works with Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (I tested it) and should work with other Ubuntu-based distributions.

You can install it on your system using the command below:

```
sudo apt install curl && curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wimpysworld/deb-get/main/deb-get | sudo -E bash -s install deb-get
```

Or, you can download the deb package for it manually from its [GitHub releases section](https://github.com/wimpysworld/deb-get/releases?ref=itsfoss.com).

To explore more about it, and the available commands/functionalities, you can head to its [GitHub page](https://github.com/wimpysworld/deb-get?ref=itsfoss.com).

*What do you think of deb-get attempting to mimic apt-get functionality for third-party packages? Do you think it is useful? Let me know your thoughts in the comments.*

**Via: [OMG!Ubuntu!](https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/05/use-deb-get-to-install-popular-linux-apps-on-ubuntu?ref=itsfoss.com)**