Install?

[Richard Bennett]

On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 17:14:57 +0100, Willis <gods-servant at sbcglobal.net>  
wrote:

>>> Ubuntu Linux Bible and Flight Gear-0.9.10.  Please bear with me and  
>>> help
>>> me learn what to do with a tar ball and do not try to teach me the  
>>> local
>>> idiot way of doing this.

There's no such thing, you just have a choice.
First thing to do is check the documentation.
In the 'System' menu select 'Help and Support'
then type 'tar' into the search box and hit enter. The first result  
explains various ways of installing programs from tar or deb files.

Hope that helps.

Richard