File Installation

[Michael Clayton]

The Items that i have tried to install came in a sequence.

first i wanted to install a windows program and since Ubuntu looked so much 
like windows i thought it might be willing to install. thus i tried and it 
did not want to install because it was not Linux compatible.

Then i went online and found the program named "Wine 0.9.9" or "Wine 0.9.10" 
and downloaded them but after i had that downloaded it did not want to 
unzip.

Thus i went online again and found the programs of "Bzip 2" and "Tar" and 
downloaded both those programs. I started with "Bzip 2" but i couldn't 
figure out how to install it through the Readme so i downloaded Tar and i 
couldn't figure that out either. (there had been one other program but i 
don't remember what it was and the whole bunch of stuff is at the other 
school i go to).

Eventually i found a website that told the whole process step by step very 
well. The problem i ran into then was that the commands listed did not work. 
Commands like "Make" "configure" or "install" any of those. none worked and 
so i stopped and just emailed you so that you might be of some help.

Thanks
Michael


>From: Carson Wilcox <carson.wilcox at verizon.net>
>Reply-To: Ubuntu Help and User Discussions <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>To: Ubuntu Help and User Discussions <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>Subject: Re: File Installation
>Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 10:06:45 -0800 (PST)
>
>Can you give an example of what you are trying to "install", generally this 
>is a pretty process on linux systems.
>
>Michael Clayton <xramhatearam at hotmail.com> wrote:  Hey I just recently got 
>my Ubuntu system set up on my computer and i started
>downloading programs off the internet to install but i cannot figure out 
>how
>to install the programs.
>
>When i looked online to see if they could tell me how to install the
>programs, the commands they listed did not work. so i ask, what commands
>should i use and how do i install programs on Ubuntu
>
>Much Obliged
>Michael
>
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