linux newbie

[nemin]

Praveen Kumar Wrote: 
> hi,

> 

> am sorry to ask such a stupid question.. but i have downloaded a lot

> of programs.... those that have *.deb extentions.... now how do i

> install them? when i double click on them... it opens using the

> archive manager ... thereafter what should i do?

> Open a terminal, `cd` to the directory where you downloaded the file and
enter:


Code:
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    dpkg -i <filename>
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See http://ubuntuguide.org/#installuninstalldebfiles.

But I'd advice you not to use deb files you downloaded. The program you
want probably is in a Ubuntu repository
(https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Repositories) and can be installed by the
package manager "Synaptic" (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SynapticHowto)


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nemin