installation

[David Jones]

On 11/03/2013 04:16 PM, efto wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I am new user and all this look greek to me. Since I lost everything 
> using Windows (not first, not last) I decide to use Linux. My problem 
> is this: when I download some software from INTERNET and click open or 
> save, in the download file I can see that the software is there. But 
> when I want it to be downloaded and installed into my computer, I 
> cklick on it and always shows to me a list of files. I do not see any 
> word like install, start, or similar that I need to click on to start 
> the installation. Is there a way that when I start the software from 
> the download file that automatically install into my computer?
>
> Thanks, efto
>
Hi efto,

Ubuntu isn't designed to install random files from the internet.

I would suggest that you read the following link 
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories

And from that look at what software you want to install, and check 
whether its available in the supported Ubuntu repositories first.

Once you've had a look at that, it should answer most of the questions 
you're starting from.

As Alanbell said, this isn't really a support mailing list, you may well 
be better using our IRC channels 
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetRelayChat and joining #ubuntu 
as the main support channel, or using www.askubuntu.com as a 
messageboard support network.

Regards

Dave



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