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I tried to follow the commands based on this link Download and Install Compass — MongoDB Compass stable

I have downloaded the package mongodb-compass_1.15.1_amd64.deb and tried installing using

sudo dpkg -i mongodb-compass_1.15.1_amd64.deb;

But I'm getting dependency problems:

(Reading database ... 195489 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack mongodb-compass_1.15.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking mongodb-compass (1.15.1-1) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mongodb-compass:
 mongodb-compass depends on libgconf-2-4; however:
  Package libgconf-2-4 is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package mongodb-compass (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1ubuntu3.18.04.2) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-11ubuntu1.1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 mongodb-compass

How do I fix installation error in Ubuntu?

Kulfy
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Jersel Alabata
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I encountered the same error. However, when I installed it using Software Center it was successfully installed. To install it using Software Center, double click on the .deb package and Click install.

Prajwol Sangat
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  • Indeed.. installing the missing package did not worked via shell.. it says yet another dependency wasn't met and one should execute fix or something command.. good one thanks! – Vitaliy Terziev Mar 12 '19 at 18:30
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Use sudo apt install -f to fix dependency problems.

Also its better to install it using APT like 

sudo apt install ./filename

Differences between APT and DPKG are described here: What is the difference between dpkg and aptitude/apt-get?

Kulfy
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siavash khansari
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  • What's difference when you use apt install ./filename instead of dpkg -i filename? – ldias May 19 '20 at 13:12
  • @ldias answered in this – siavash khansari May 19 '20 at 23:08
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    @ldias APT would try to fetch and resolve dependencies on it's own from official repositories or the configured 3rd party PPA/repositories while on the other hand, dpkg won't resolve that on its own. APT is the front-end for dpkg. – Kulfy May 20 '20 at 05:10
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Run sudo apt --fix-broken install

then

`sudo dpkg -i mongodb-compass_1.15.1_amd64.deb;`

This will fix the problem.

Thee Alchemist
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