Help me please

[Bazona]

Okay so I bought a used computer from the community college where I live yesterday and it has Ubuntu 9.04 OS and I am new to it i have only ever used windows before and i have been having some problems on trying to figure out how so download and install some things myself i am a gamer I play quite a few online games and when i went to download and install one of my fav games called Wonderland Online it downloaded but would not let me install it and i have no clue as to why i cant install anything and what i could even do to fix it I might be a gamer but i am some what of a noob when it comes to working on computers or fixing any problems i am having so if anyone can give me any ideas on what i can do to eather fix the problem or to remove it so i can put windows on the computer could someone please help me thanks alot for your time in reading what i have to say

[MikeTbob]

Hello and Welcome.
See this link for lots of good info on getting started with Linux, there is a section titled "Installing Software in Linux" that you might find useful. Good Luck.
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/lin...ead-first.html

[Bazona]

ok so I bought a new computer last week and it has Ubuntu 9.04 on it and i have never used it before i got this computer i have only ever used windows so i am still trying to lean how to use this Operating System but every time i try to install the updates it is asking me to or for me to install anything on to the computer at all even a flash player its asking me for some code that i was not given when i called the place i got the pc from they said the password was user but when i put it in the thing says wrong password so i leave it blank and just hit ok and then it looks like its working and does not say the password is wrong or anything it just says failed installing i just want to know if anyone can help me i asked for help before with installing things and someone just sent me a link to a site telling new people how to install stuff but it got me no where when i cant even install the updates how would you expect me to install anything ealse so can someone please tell me how to remove this Ubuntu off of the pc so i can get windows or how i can go about getting it to update and let me install stuff because i am tired of not being able to do anything except send e-mails or play stupid games that came on the pc all ready thank you and have a great day
sorry about any spelling errors

[MikeTbob]

Hiya! It's ok to be frustrated by a foreign OS with no one to turn to but we are only trying to help you...please be patient. Here is a link to a howto that explains quiet plainly how to reset the root password...which may be helpful to you.
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/lin...-password.html
You'll probably want to start off in the section titled "For GRUB users:".

As for the errors you are getting when you try to update, can you post the exact error message please? The more info you can provide, the better chance we have of helping you.
Try issuing these commands

sudo apt-get clean

sudo apt-get update

[oz]

Welcome to the forums!

Probably the easiest way to install software for new users under Ubuntu is by using Synaptic. You can check this HowTo for some easy instructions on using it:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticHowto

If you want to reset your user password, check this easy to follow HowTo:

How to reset your password in Ubuntu

If you want to remove Ubuntu instead, post back and we can give you instructions for doing that as well.