<DIV>Sure, I understand. It is quite nice to have a server loaded with updatable sw, but there is life out there and I need the opera browser. And the question remains. I need a simple way to install it.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks for the input. Lee Braiden <lee_b@digitalunleashed.com> escreveu:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">On Tuesday 12 Jul 2005 12:21, Renato Pedroso Henriques wrote: > I am used to download an installer of any kind, say the opera browser for > instance. Double click on it and that is it. The installer does it. In the > linux world where things are new to me, all I get is a targzip package with > everything inside. How do I install anything at all? That's a terrible way to manage software! Ubuntu (and originally debian, on which it is based) do things much more sensibly. Windows update and Mac OS also TRY to do this, but fail, because of their commercial priorities. In ubuntu, you have a single place to find all the software you need: the package management system. The synaptic program gives you easy access to that, allowing you to choose whatever software you want on your system. Since you're telling the Ubuntu package system what software you want, and the system knows a lot about this software, it manages it for you: it can keep it up-to-date and bug free for you, fix security issues, and warn you if other software you want to install conflicts with it. If it does, it'll give you the choice of which to keep. Learn about this system, and become familiar with synaptic; it's one of the best reasons to run a debian-based OS, and the main reason I haven't stuck with anything else for years now :) -- Lee Braiden http://www.DigitalUnleashed.com -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users </BLOCKQUOTE> Renato Henriques skype: repehe__________________________________________________ Converse com seus amigos em tempo real com o Yahoo! Messenger http://br.download.yahoo.com/messenger/