This may be a dumb question but oh well. If I extract the files of an app, how do I get Ubuntu to install and run it? What are the install-run commands in terminal?
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Installing Indevisual Files From Sites
This may be a dumb question but oh well. If I extract the files of an app, how do I get Ubuntu to install and run it? What are the install-run commands in terminal?
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Once you have extracted the files, there should be a "read me" file, this should tell you how to install it.
To install from terminal:
To run from terminal:Code:sudo apt-get install <program name>
Code:<program name>
Last edited by gettinoriginal; December 28th, 2008 at 08:09 PM. Reason: correct typo's
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Re: Installing Indevisual Files From Sites
No. I mean like I have the files on a folder on my desktop, and I want to turn them into an installed application.
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It depends on what the files in a folder are, e.g. source code, or precompiled binaries, or ?Originally Posted by Thilo Kuhlman
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xlink kai downloaded files, whatever they are..they are just the files that make up the program
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I'd start looking for any documentation that came with the program, README or INSTALL or something in a "docs" folder.
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Re: Installing Indevisual Files From Sites
Never mind. The program hardly works for Ubuntu, and I have it up and running on Window's. (If Ubuntu's version worked, I would of still pursued it, but this is a rush thing I'm trying to get done. Thanks for the help, though.
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