Install?

[Caleb Marcus]

On Fri, 2007-11-30 at 23:12 -0600, Willis wrote:

> I have downloaded a bible program and a game I wish to install.  Both 
> are Ubuntu compatible and both have been extracted from the .tar and 
> placed in my home directory.  In the Terminal, when I tried to install 
> the KJV Bible I received th message to type install --help and below is 
> the message I received.  It's interesting but It's Greek to me also.
> 
> can anyone help a windows freak transition?
> 
> <my_name>@<my_computer>:~$ install --help
> Usage: install [OPTION]... [-T] SOURCE DEST
>   or:  install [OPTION]... SOURCE... DIRECTORY
>   or:  install [OPTION]... -t DIRECTORY SOURCE...
>   or:  install [OPTION]... -d DIRECTORY...
> In the first three forms, copy SOURCE to DEST or multiple SOURCE(s) to
> the existing DIRECTORY, while setting permission modes and owner/group.
> In the 4th form, create all components of the given DIRECTORY(ies).
> 
> Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
>       --backup[=CONTROL] make a backup of each existing destination file
>   -b                  like --backup but does not accept an argument
>   -c                  (ignored)
>   -d, --directory     treat all arguments as directory names; create all
>                         components of the specified directories
>   -D                  create all leading components of DEST except the last,
>                         then copy SOURCE to DEST
>   -g, --group=GROUP   set group ownership, instead of process' current group
>   -m, --mode=MODE     set permission mode (as in chmod), instead of 
> rwxr-xr-x
>   -o, --owner=OWNER   set ownership (super-user only)
>   -p, --preserve-timestamps   apply access/modification times of SOURCE 
> files
>                         to corresponding destination files
>   -s, --strip         strip symbol tables
>   -S, --suffix=SUFFIX override the usual backup suffix
>   -t, --target-directory=DIRECTORY  copy all SOURCE arguments into DIRECTORY
>   -T, --no-target-directory  treat DEST as a normal file
>   -v, --verbose       print the name of each directory as it is created
>   -P, --preserve_context (SELinux) Preserve security context
>   -Z, --context=CONTEXT  (SELinux) Set security context of files and 
> directories
>       --help     display this help and exit
>       --version  output version information and exit
> 
> The backup suffix is `~', unless set with --suffix or SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX.
> The version control method may be selected via the --backup option or 
> through
> the VERSION_CONTROL environment variable.  Here are the values:
> 
>   none, off       never make backups (even if --backup is given)
>   numbered, t     make numbered backups
>   existing, nil   numbered if numbered backups exist, simple otherwise
>   simple, never   always make simple backups
> 
> Report bugs to <bug-coreutils at gnu.org>.
> <my_name>@<my_computer>:~$
> 

You shouldn't be installing it from files downloaded from a website.
Delete those files, and run this command: sudo aptitude install
bible-kjv
This will download the correct version from the Ubuntu servers and
automatically install it in the correct location.
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