File Installation

[Jack Bowling]

On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 10:25:31PM +0000, Michael Clayton wrote:
> The Items that i have tried to install came in a sequence.
> 
> first i wanted to install a windows program and since Ubuntu looked so much 
> like windows i thought it might be willing to install. thus i tried and it 
> did not want to install because it was not Linux compatible.
> 
> Then i went online and found the program named "Wine 0.9.9" or "Wine 
> 0.9.10" and downloaded them but after i had that downloaded it did not want 
> to unzip.
> 
> Thus i went online again and found the programs of "Bzip 2" and "Tar" and 
> downloaded both those programs. I started with "Bzip 2" but i couldn't 
> figure out how to install it through the Readme so i downloaded Tar and i 
> couldn't figure that out either. (there had been one other program but i 
> don't remember what it was and the whole bunch of stuff is at the other 
> school i go to).
> 
> Eventually i found a website that told the whole process step by step very 
> well. The problem i ran into then was that the commands listed did not 
> work. Commands like "Make" "configure" or "install" any of those. none 
> worked and so i stopped and just emailed you so that you might be of some 
> help.
> 
> Thanks
> Michael
> 
> 
> >From: Carson Wilcox <carson.wilcox at verizon.net>
> >Reply-To: Ubuntu Help and User Discussions <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> >To: Ubuntu Help and User Discussions <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> >Subject: Re: File Installation
> >Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 10:06:45 -0800 (PST)
> >
> >Can you give an example of what you are trying to "install", generally 
> >this is a pretty process on linux systems.
> >
> >Michael Clayton <xramhatearam at hotmail.com> wrote:  Hey I just recently got 
> >my Ubuntu system set up on my computer and i started
> >downloading programs off the internet to install but i cannot figure out 
> >how
> >to install the programs.
> >
> >When i looked online to see if they could tell me how to install the
> >programs, the commands they listed did not work. so i ask, what commands
> >should i use and how do i install programs on Ubuntu
> >
> >Much Obliged
> >Michael

Michael - In a terminal window, type the following:

sudo apt-get install build-essential


and you should be on your way.

Jack