gui installer for pl files ?

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Is there an add on that has a gui for installing programs? Installing programs in Windows is all gui driven and easy for our end users. Is there anything like that for Ubuntu ?

[oldos2er]

Ubuntu Software Center is what you're looking for, but it won't help you with *.pl (Perl?) files.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingSoftware

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/installingsoftware

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say for instance vmware tools:

sudo ./vmware-install.pl


instead of using the terminal, is there a way that they could just double click the file and a gui would walk them through it ?

[mcduck]

say for instance vmware tools:

sudo ./vmware-install.pl


instead of using the terminal, is there a way that they could just double click the file and a gui would walk them through it ?

Yes, the maker of the software could package it properly into a .deb package, installable through the package management. ;)

Just like in Windows where you'll need to package the software into an .exe installer to get it installed through graphical dialogs.

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humm, maybe i'll look to see if i can make my own deb files