Installing *.deb and adding to autostart from the command line

Specifically for Dima:

for example, our file is /tmp/ProvideSupportConsole-debian_5.4.4_amd64.deb

installation from the terminal:

sudo dpkg -i /tmp/ProvideSupportConsole-debian_5.4.4_amd64.deb

and we add it to autostart:

sudo sed '3a\ ProvideSupportConsole' /etc/rc.local > /tmp/rc.local

sudo mv /etc/rc.local /etc/rc.local.old

sudo mv /tmp/rc.local /etc/rc.local

All of this is placed in a script to automate further installation:

for example, we create the file install.sh, set the executable flag, and write:

#!/bin/sh

sudo dpkg -i /tmp/ProvideSupportConsole-debian_5.4.4_amd64.deb

sudo sed '3a\ ProvideSupportConsole' /etc/rc.local > /tmp/rc.local

sudo mv /etc/rc.local /etc/rc.local.old

sudo mv /tmp/rc.local /etc/rc.local

run the script:

sh /tmp/install.sh