linux newbie

[William Chapman]

On 8/25/05, Praveen Kumar <kattapraveen.kr at gmail.com> 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?
> 
> thanks a lot
> praveen
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Praveen,

Yours is not a dumb question.  

The following advice may not be so crystal clear to start, but you'll
get the idea soon.  I recommend following Jesper Krogh's advice; it's
easy; here's how:

This is a good place to start:
http://www.ubuntuguide.org/#extrarepositories

Then do this when you find a package you want:
http://www.ubuntuguide.org/#synaptic

It's great!  It works!  It's easy!  You'll love it!

Best wishes,

Bill Chapman