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I have 9.04 Jaunty. Synaptic Package Manager usually installs things quite easily and in a nice location, but whenever I search the internet and find only .tar.gz (or .tar.bz2) files ...
- 05-09-2009 #1Just Joined!
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new to Ubuntu, stupid installation questions
I have 9.04 Jaunty. Synaptic Package Manager usually installs things quite easily and in a nice location, but whenever I search the internet and find only .tar.gz (or .tar.bz2) files available. I don't know how to self-extract them. gcc is supposed to do it (I think), but gcc that comes through repositories I seem unable to figure out to use or install, and from the internet it comes in a .tar.gz.
Basically, how do I self-extract .tar.gz/.tar.bz2 files (or manually extract into a good location)?
how do I install windows applications in wine? game cd didn't recognize it's own setup.exe file...
- 05-09-2009 #2Trusted Penguin
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If you must install from source, try the instructions in this link. Post back if you have any issues.Jay
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- 05-09-2009 #3Just Joined!
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First opt to install from the repositories (apt-get, Add/Remove.. or Synaptic), if impossible then search for .deb files (will install by automatically with Gdebi), only then install from source.
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