Installing tar.gz files
Karl F. Larsen
klarsen1 at gmail.com
Thu Nov 19 13:00:37 UTC 2009
devan wrote:
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> I am new to Ubuntu and I am very confused. I recently installed Ubuntu
> 9.04 and I have a tar.gz file of dvd::rip that I would like to install.
> Could someone please send very clear instructions to me on how to do this?
> I am not used to using Terminal or anything on Ubuntu. Thanks.
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The usual way to load new things on Ubuntu is to use:
$ sudo apt-get install filename
where filename is the name of the application you want to add.
So tell us what your trying to load. The regular way might work.
Karl
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