What does "install" mean?

Matthew East mdke at ubuntu.com
Mon Apr 5 09:17:44 UTC 2010


Hi,

On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 8:24 AM, unkerjay <unkerjay at comcast.net> wrote:
> Here:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FirefoxNewVersion
> several times is mentioned:
> "Install the package"
> Now I can "Install":
> via "Synaptic Package Manager"
> or
> via "Ubuntu Software Center"
> or
> via "sudo apt-get install"
> or
> via unpacking and doing god knows what since it's never the same:
> "filename.tar.bz2"
> or
> "filename.tar.gz"
> SInce the Firefox download for Linux is:
> "firefox-3.6.3.tar.bz2"
> which
> "Install" are you referring to?

I think what is meant is to install the Ubuntu package called
"firefox". You can use Synaptic, software-center, or apt-get to do
that, the effect is the same.

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