Help installing apps

[winer13]

Hi everyone,


Im new user of linux Xubuntu 16.04, but the problem is i cant install apps....such as skype, Tweak tool, compiz and more.. What is the problem of this? i follow the command of forum and video but its didn't work...what should i do?


Please help me




Erwin

[QIII]

Hello!

Could you tell us exactly what you are doing to install apps? We have no idea what videos you may have been watching.

Cheers!

[TheFu]

Welcome to the forums.

Installing applications on Ubuntu is very different from Windows. A few primers:
http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/ultimate-linux-guide-for-windows-users.html
http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm
https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/ubuntu-help/

If you read those in that order, many differences will be pointed out in the first 90 minutes or so. That will make some basic differences clear and save hours, days, weeks of frustration.

To get the best help here, please show exactly what you typed and exactly what the result was. Any errors should be posted too. All of this is usually best done from a terminal window so the exact program, userid, directory and inputs are shown. Then the errors will be shown on that same screen, which can be copy/pasted as text (avoid images!) here.

[oldos2er]

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