How do I install a program that I downloaded

[Mark]

Thank you.

On Wed, 2008-11-05 at 09:21 -0800, NoOp wrote:

> On 11/05/2008 05:54 AM, markfpyles wrote:
> > Hi everyone:
> > 
> > I have downloaded a new version of open office to my desktop and I tried to
> > open synaptic to see if I could install it and it doesn't recognize it on my
> > desktop and won't install it. Is there a way that I can install the download
> > or is there a way in which I can get synaptic to look on my desktop and
> > actually see the file and install it? Thanks.
> > 
> > I am running Ubuntu 8.04 on a Dell Inspiron laptop.
> > 
> > 
> > Mark
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> https://help.ubuntu.com/
> http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/mailinglists/etiquette
> [please only bottom post & only in plain text on this list]
> 
> [Adding, Removing and Updating Applications]
> https://help.ubuntu.com/
>   Adding and Removing Software
>    https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/add-applications/C/index.html
> https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/add-applications/C/install-file.html
> [Installing/uninstalling .deb files]
> https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/add-applications/C/install-file.html#install-deb
> 
> Previous versions of OpenOffice.org (OOo) required that you took special
> steps to install in parallel
> (http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Run_OOo_versions_parallel).
> OOo version 3.0 does not require this, you only need to install the .deb
> files - _do not_ uninstall your existing (U)OOo. Here are detailed
> instructions on how to install the standard OOo 3.0:
> 
> http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-openoffice-3.0.0-on-ubuntu-8.04
> 
> 
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