Installing Debian Packages with dpkg -i

I'm learning more about the various ways
to install Debian packages. One of the
tools available is a command line tool
called dpkg. Here's an article
on dpkg that I found helpful:

dpkg

It seems that dpkg is a very low level way
to install packages. In my case, I'm using dpkg
to install kermit, a software transfer program.

If I learn there is a better way, I will pursue
it. Perhaps there is a way to do the same thing
with aptget or aptitude. Both of
these commands are in some sense higher level. In
this case, higher level means use good package
management practices.

I'm learning as I go. I'm not at all an expert on
package management.

The dpkg command installs Debian packages
when you type this:

dpkg - i packagefile.deb

This is helpful when downloading packages from
the web. For example, I installed the commercial
drivers for my Nvidia grapics card with the above
command after down loading the .deb file
from Nvidia.

I'm grateful to all the hard work by people who
make all these packages possible.

Ed Abbott