Installing Software

[Bondi007]

I want to know how to install software on kubuntu

If i download a file e.g Microsoft Word.tar.gz
Azureus.tar.bz2 and other linux file extensions

How would i install it can you tell me the exact stuff you put in the terminal to make it install

Also i have not got an internet connection so i cant update so i would have to do it manually

Thank You
Bondi007

[dibl]

Re: Installing Software

@bondi, answer at the bottom of this thread: http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...87587#msg87587

[Rog131]

Re: Installing Software

Maybe these help:

Links:
Repositories/Kubuntu
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Kubuntu

How to install ANYTHING in Ubuntu!
http://monkeyblog.org/ubuntu/installing/

A graphical guide for all new users with a Windows background using Ubuntu

Installing Software in Ubuntu
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/installingsoftware

Using Wine on Ubuntu
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/wine

Topic: TAR BALLS (If you want to install programs that are not in the Debian Linux Package format)
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3085135.0

Topic: FAQ: Installing from source
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3085626.0

Topic: FAQ: Kubuntu without internet connection
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3085805.0

[Qqmike]

Re: Installing Software

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompilingEasyHowTo
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompilingSoftware
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CheckInstall
(all three are together and are cross-linked)

I hope this is not duplication -- Rog131, I read some, but not all your links

[Rog131]

Re: Installing Software

Good links - Thank you

Added to the FAQ: Installing from source

[Bondi007]

Re: Installing Software

I have got no internet connection so it would be hard for me but i hace got a internet connection downstairs


Ok if i have not got an internet connection how can i install all my favourite programs i have heard of wine and it seems to be good by all the reviews how do i get at and how do i install it

Please help

[Qqmike]

Re: Installing Software

Did you catch the one from Rog131 (above), for starters, and maybe there are more (also follow the links from that link),

Topic: FAQ: Kubuntu without internet connection
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3085805.0

[dibl]

Re: Installing Software

@Bondi, I think you're facing a choice here ....

Either you spend all weekend working your way through a rather complicated process of burning tarballs to CD on one machine, and then running them upstairs and attempting to extract and install them on the other machine, OR

You take that Kubuntu rig downstairs and connect it to the Internet for an hour, and we get you set up with Wine and a few Windows apps that you really gotta have, and then you can disconnect from the Internet and take it back upstairs and use it all weekend for really fun stuff.



What would be your choice?

[Bondi007]

Re: Installing Software

i am 14 and my mum wouldn't let me connect to the internet so i have got a memory stick so could you tell me what to do if you have got time

[Rog131]

Re: Installing Software

i have heard of wine and it seems to be good by all the reviews how do i get at and how do i install it

Getting wine and installing it

Goto Wine HQ
http://www.winehq.org/

there is Latest Release > Binary packages for various distributions > Wine Binary Downloads > Ubuntu >Wine for Ubuntu, Debian, and Debian-based and finally there is:

For Ubuntu Feisty (7.04):
click http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/
It will tell:

This is the WineHQ Apt repository

For instructions on using the APT repository to keep updated with current Wine packages, visit the WineHQ Ubuntu and Debian downloads page.
Direct links to the latest Wine Packages

Two versions: 0.9.44 i386 | 0.9.43 amd64
If you click 0.9.44 i386 => it will download: wine_0.9.44~winehq0~ubuntu~7.04-1_i386.deb (10 M) put this in the memory stick, goto upstairs and copy this to your home folder. Start konsole/terminal and:

sudo dpkg -i wine_0.9.44~winehq0~ubuntu~7.04-1_i386.deb

Maybe this helps:

Where's the Terminal?
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/terminal

Installing Software in Ubuntu
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/installingsoftware

[SheeEttin]

Re: Installing Software

Ask her if you can do it if she'll watch you doing it. If she's willing, she'll be able to tell you're not downloading porn or whatever.

[Bondi007]

Re: Installing Software

sudo dpkg -i wine_0.9.44~winehq0~ubuntu~7.04-1_i386.deb

it says its reading from the desktop how do i get it to search the home folder

[dibl]

Re: Installing Software

sudo dpkg -i wine_0.9.44~winehq0~ubuntu~7.04-1_i386.deb

it says its reading from the desktop how do i get it to search the home folder

Cool -- Rog131 gave you a great tip!

Your Deskop is just a directory under your /home directory. So on your system it looks like this:

/home/Bondi007/Desktop

Stuff in there shows on your screen desktop.

So if someone says to put a file in your "home" directory, they are referring to /home/Bondi007. If that file goes onto the desktop, you can just copy it into the next higher directory, which is your home directory.

[SheeEttin]

Re: Installing Software

If you're using Konqueror and you can see the deb, just hit F4 and say "sudo dpkg -i wine_0.9.44~winehq0~ubuntu~7.04-1_i386.deb".

[Bondi007]

Re: Installing Software

Still no look

i put it in the home folder ad the desktop and it keeps saying

cd '/home/user'
user@user-desktop:~$ cd '/home/user'
user@user-desktop:~$ sudo dpkg -i wine_0.9.44~winehq0~ubununtu~7.04-1_i386.deb
Password:
dpkg: error processing wine_0.9.44~winehq0~ubununtu~7.04-1_i386.deb (--install):
cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
wine_0.9.44~winehq0~ubununtu~7.04-1_i386.deb
user@user-desktop:~$ wine
The program 'wine' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install wine
Make sure you have the 'universe' component enabled
bash: wine: command not found
user@user-desktop:~$
user@user-desktop:~$