Cannot install deb packages from GUI in Kubuntu (no gdebi equivalent)

Right click on the package in Konqueror and select Kubuntu Package Menu -> Install Package.

> Right click on the package in Konqueror and select Kubuntu Package Menu -> Install Package.

That really does not qualify at all I'm afraid.
The most important problem is that the default action when you click on a package is for it to be opened in Ark. This is hidden in the context menu which is why I didn't find it.

The second problem is that the command just opens up an xterm and displays the prompt "Password:". This raises a number of questions (I know the answers to these questions, I am trying to look at the situation from the perspective of a less experienced Linux user):

- What password and why?
- What will happen when I enter my password?
- Why aren't there password-characters ( stars, black circles, asterisks or something of that ilk )?

 This is still a console app and not a GUI.

I did find a spec related to this for Feisty, although it has been deferred, presumably because there are a lot of other specifications to implement for the next release.

https://blueprints.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/kubuntu-gdebi

I would change the description of the bug to something like "the default action of clicking on a deb should be to install it"

The specification has been reopened and the KDE frontend for gdebi will be implemented as part of my Google Summer of Code 2007 project. You can install the packages in Kubuntu by right-clicking on them and choosing from the drop-down menu.

This would be implemented, right?

A frontend for the GDebi application has been implemented. It is available in the Kubuntu 7.04 Gutsy "Tribe 2". Marking as "Fix Released".

Martin,

Just to confirm, is launching the GDebi application the default action when clicking on packages in Konqueror or opening a package directly from a website? The Tribe 2 help page only mentioned that GDebi was available via right-click.