How to Install debian package within ubuntu installation?

I would like to install my project (deb package) with Ubuntu installation.

I have seen some of the deb packages in Ubuntu source code, but I couldn't find out from where and how they would be installed.

Moreover, I would like to know how Ubuntu is installing default packages like OpenOffice, Python, Firefox etc. within it's installation.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

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Just double click and the deb package and click install. Ubuntu uses the same package format and system. (In fact, Ubuntu is based off Debian. It just has some of it's own changes added). The difference is that some of the packages are slightly modified. Also, Ubuntu has their own repository servers to serve the modified versions of the packages.

So, the packages like OpenOffice would be installed after being downloaded from Ubuntu's package repository servers. They would be installed using the same methods Debian's package management system uses to install Debian's packages.

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Couple of useful references

1. Ubuntu Installing Software help page
2. Wikipedia dpkg page

From the Wikipedia reference,

To install a .deb package:

dpkg -i debFileName

where debFileName is the name of the Debian software package.

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