Install?

[anthony baldwin]

Willis wrote:
> I have downloaded a bible program and a game I wish to install.  Both 
> are Ubuntu compatible and both have been extracted from the .tar and 
> placed in my home directory.  In the Terminal, when I tried to install 
> the KJV Bible I received th message to type install --help and below is 
> the message I received.  It's interesting but It's Greek to me also.
>
> can anyone help a windows freak transition?
>   
for Bible software, in terminal do
sudo apt-get update
then do
sudo apt-get install bibletime
and/or do
sudo apt-get install gnome-sword

More info on the programs:
gnome-sword: http://gnomesword.sourceforge.net/
Bible time: http://www.bibletime.info/

Alternatively, open the program, synaptic, or the program, adept,
and find either bibletime or gnome-sword (or both) and mark for install.

I would need to know more about what's happening with your tarball
excursion to have a clue.
Are they gzipped tarballs (filename.tar.gz)?
Did you extract them from both tar and gz?
Did they have an install script?
Perhaps you need to do make before install.
I would recommend you use apt, (or synaptic or adept) and install
the Bible software mentioned above from the .debs in our repos.
Much easier.

good luck,
tony

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