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> On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 00:26, kcdomapps <kcdomapps@.
> > Hi,can someone please compile an absolute idiots guide to installing programs that are downloaded as tar files etc.I have read on line that you have to create a folder etc but even that wasn't that clear!
> > Thanks
> > Kelvin
>
> Sure... but first... Folders exist in Windows. Linux has Directories.
> Not that I'm trying to sound deliberately difficult, but nomenclature
> is important ;-)
>
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> Cheers,
>
> Jeff
>
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> Mike Ditka - "If God had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn't have
> given us arms." -
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Jeff, just wanted to say thanks for that answer and Kelvin, good question that many of us neo's are afraid to ask. There was a time when I cringed at any download that didn't end with ".deb"...and that time hasn't ended, to be honest. There are times when I've used Archive Manager to extract a package only to find out that I had no idea where the hell it went, which is, IMHO, another great advantage to biting the bullet and jumping into the terminal.
Ciao,
Mark
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