NEWBIE QUESTIONS
Barry Martz
sendithere at cox.net
Thu May 12 01:08:59 UTC 2005
Hi. I'm a windows user so please excuse the dumb questions.
How do I download a program (package) and load it?
I am using Synaptic Package Manager for getting packages.
What I want to know is
if I find a program on the internet, do I have to save it to a certain
file area to UNZIP it and run the
Synaptic program?
Do I have to use the text commands to open it?
Are there programs I can't use with Ubuntu?
Here is an example, I am a ham radio operator and there is a
packetcluster program called CLX.
I went to the site, downloaded it to my desktop, and there I stand. How
do I take that program,
unzip it and install it? (am I windows or WHAT!)
Sorry for taking up time and space here but I really do want to learn
and this is REALLY foriegn
to me.
Thanks
Barry
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