new to K

[Charles T. Bell]

On 12/30/2014 01:56 PM, Billie Walsh wrote:
> If the package you download is a .deb file you can open Dolphin,
> navigate to where the file downloaded to and click it. The installer
> should open. Follow the prompts to install.
> 
> If the package is anything other than a .deb file, I have no idea. I
> have never had any luck compiling a program to install.
> 
> One program I find very useful is Wine. I have a couple of VERY OLD
> Windows programs I like and they work just fine in Wine. I go to
> winehq.org and follow their directions to add their repository to
> Synaptic. That way it stays updated to the latest and greatest.
> 
> On 12/30/2014 12:33 PM, clydp at juno.com wrote:
>> Thanks Billie,
>> You are a good teacher, (and patient.) Plus the fact that you respond
>> so quickly.
>> I've tried to download FROSTWIRE, a free music download where one can
>> find about any song. Anyway, in UBUNTU it is very easy to download and
>> install, but double-click on the package does not seem to work with K.
>> When I get a program off the web, (one not in synaptic,) how do I
>> install that? thanks.
>> and thanks once again for your time n patience.
>>
>>
>> Clyde Poldrack
>>
>> clydp at juno.com
>>
>> ____________________________________________________________
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>>
> 
> 

It greatly helps if you load "ark" from synaptic.  It is an
(un)archiver.  With it you can extract file from .tar and .gz compressed
files to a directory and from there install the program if it is
possible.  Sometimes it won't work, .deb (debian files) are more
compatible with different architectures.
Good luck!

Tom
-- 
"To argue with a man who has renounced the use of
reason is like administering medicine to the dead."
-- Thomas Paine, The American Crisis No. V(1776)
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