just got kubuntu

[AvengedSevenfold Fan]

Dude, it's easy!I really can't tell what your having trouble with.There are also other sources you can add other than the official repositories.

Ya know cap'n I take back anything bad I said about ubuntu last year,it rocks!!

all im saying is this:

i download a program from a website, like firefox, or aim.

how do i take what ive downloaded and install it?

[Triv1um]

Read the readme's in the tarball man!

Most commercial Linux programs come with some sort of readme's in them to tell you how to compile the install.

[NoQuarter]

./

[AvengedSevenfold Fan]

ok. i mean people with a first hand expeiriance can usually provide an easier description on how to do things.

[NoQuarter]

Well,did you get your programs installed?
The Ubuntu community is huge,anything you need is more than likely only a search or a post away.

[SpooForBrains]

AvengedSevenfold_Fan, you're missing something fundamental about Linux. Linux distributions (like Ubuntu) have package managers. This is to make the traditionally quite hard task of installing software very VERY easy.

Debian / Ubuntu / Kubuntu have arguably the easiest package management system of all of the Linux distros.

To install something, open a console and type

sudo apt-get firefox

There you go, Firefox has been installed.

Someone somewhere took Mozilla's source release of firefox, spent a LONG time optimising it for Debian / Ubuntu, and making sure that YOU could install it easily with ONE command.

Now, if you want to download it from Mozilla's site yourself, and install it yourself, then you're welcome to. There's an installer inside the package you downloaded. But YOU DON'T NEED TO.

Unless it's something really esoteric, there will be a package for it in the package repositories which you can install with sudo apt-get packagename.

For AIM, for example, type sudo apt-get gaim. This will install the multiple-protocol messaging client gaim.

[AvengedSevenfold Fan]

AvengedSevenfold_Fan, you're missing something fundamental about Linux. Linux distributions (like Ubuntu) have package managers. This is to make the traditionally quite hard task of installing software very VERY easy.

Debian / Ubuntu / Kubuntu have arguably the easiest package management system of all of the Linux distros.

To install something, open a console and type

sudo apt-get firefox

There you go, Firefox has been installed.

Someone somewhere took Mozilla's source release of firefox, spent a LONG time optimising it for Debian / Ubuntu, and making sure that YOU could install it easily with ONE command.

Now, if you want to download it from Mozilla's site yourself, and install it yourself, then you're welcome to. There's an installer inside the package you downloaded. But YOU DON'T NEED TO.

Unless it's something really esoteric, there will be a package for it in the package repositories which you can install with sudo apt-get packagename.

For AIM, for example, type sudo apt-get gaim. This will install the multiple-protocol messaging client gaim.

THANK YOU!

[Triv1um]

I told you that about 3 pages ago =(