File Installation

[Sven Wagschal]

Michael Clayton schrieb:
> 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.

Hello,

in Linux you do not download prgrams off the internet to install them
(like you do in Windows).
If you need a certain peace of software, you first use Synaptic Package
manager to see if there is already a suitable program in the software
vault. This package manager is your central software control:

<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SynapticHowto>

Wine, for example, can be installed using Synpatic:

<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Wine>

In very rare cases when there no suitable package in the software vault
you are forced to download a program of the Internet and install it.
This a more complicated process:

<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CompilingSoftware>

Hope this helps,

Regards

S. Wagschal