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I got a Toshiba NB100 netbook yesterday for my birthday which has Linux and everytime i try to download a programme it saves it to the desktop and when i ...
- 07-24-2009 #1Just Joined!
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Can't open downloaded programmes
I got a Toshiba NB100 netbook yesterday for my birthday which has Linux and everytime i try to download a programme it saves it to the desktop and when i try to open it it says that an application is needed to run the programme... is there something i need to download to open downloaded programmes?? im really confuzed lol!!!!!!!
- 07-24-2009 #2Linux Guru
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Installation of software in linux is a little different than in Windows. You should pretty much always use your package manager to install software.
Installing software in Ubuntu
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingSoftware
- 07-24-2009 #3Linux Guru
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Just out of curiosity, the page you downloaded the program from should have a system requiements to run said downloaded program. What does it say?
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- 07-24-2009 #4Linux Guru
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Also, if you do intend to run Windows programs on Linux, look in Synaptic and install the package called wine. It's not perfect, but most small distractions work fine.
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Thank you so so much! that website really helped and i managed to install the programmes i wanted
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