[Cialug] beginner here...

[Todd Walton]

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 10:41 PM, Mike Davis <mike.davis.50322 at gmail.com> wrote:
> But the only thing the book is explaining to me is how to download with
> synaptic.  It doesn't go into detail about how to download misc. files off
> the web and actually make them run (which of course you can do in windows
> with just a double-click).  So I'm at a loss as to how to do this.  I'm sure
> it's quite simple, once you guys teach me, but as of right now I'm quite
> lost.

Well it sounds like you settled for Synaptic.  Smart choice.  But for
the future:

When you download files directly from the developer's website, they
always have instructions for how to install it, and many times the
instructions will be tailored to your distro (Ubuntu, in your case).
It usually boils down to 'configure', 'make', and 'make install'.

-todd