O comando que você provavelmente está procurando é gdebi
. Deve ser fornecido pelo pacote gdebi-core
.
GDEBI(1) GDEBI(1)
NAME
gdebi - Simple tool to install deb files
SYNOPSIS
gdebi [package.deb]...
DESCRIPTION
gdebi lets you install local deb packages resolving and installing its
dependencies. apt does the same, but only for remote (http, ftp)
located packages.