You have downloaded a linux program and double click to install it, and it shows up in a unzip program. What to do? After some foraging around I have the answer.
Note, you can always use the Add/Remove programs from Ubuntu menus or you can use the Synaptic package manager. I know that, but I have a file on my desktop, perhaps a .tar.gz file, or I have unzipped it and I have a folder on my desktop. What now?
Coming from a Windows background, I would download a file and click on it to install.
Just now, I tried to install the Calendar program from Mozilla. I was smart enough to realise that I needed to download the Linux version, but was confused for a time what i86 meant next to it.
A file downloaded as a .tar.gz is a zip file and will need to be unzipped before you can use it. Think of .tar.gz as the shrinkwrap packaging, you need to unwrap it first to get at it.
You can unzip it usually using the mouse and right clicking.
Step2. Decide if it is ready to use or needs a bit of setting up.
Sometimes software comes already set up and ready to go, or it's in in a flat packed box with screws and bits of wood, and you have to set it up yourself.
One way to decide if it's ready to use is to find the folder that we unzipped to, open the folder. I was installing a sunbird application, so I clicked on a file names Sunbird. The computer asked if I wanted to run it or run it in a command window. I said run it - I was proud.
But nothing happened. So I thought, it needs a bit of putting together.
Step 2a) Put it Together
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STOP the press.
Guys, I tried to work this out, but could not. My advice is to use the Add/Update manager via the Applications menu in Ubuntu.
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