[Cialug] beginner here...

[David Champion]

The best way to install an app in most Linux distributions is via the 
package manager, if the package is available.

Go into Synaptic, and in search for "Frodo", the C64 emulator. Or you 
might be able to search for "C64" and see if others are available. 
(Sorry, I'm not a regular Ubuntu user, so I don't know the exact method 
of doing this off the top of my head).

You can also use the command line tool, like "apt-cache search frodo", 
and "apt-get install frodo". But for a beginner, Synaptic is probably 
easier.

As a side note - you can still download programs from your web browser 
just like you do in Windows, but what you do to install them is going to 
be different. :)

-dc


Mike Davis wrote:
> OK.  Well, basically, I thought I would first learn to install 
> something other than what's available through Synaptic.  I have fond 
> memories of my Commodore 64, so I thought I'd install a c-64 emulator 
> for practice, found here:
>
> http://www.sourcefiles.org/Emulators/Commodore/
>
> 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.
>
> Once again, thanks for the welcome and the help.
>
> Mike Davis
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 2:26 PM, Nathan Smith <nathan.smith at ipmvs.com 
> <mailto:nathan.smith at ipmvs.com>> wrote:
>
>     And the first rule of computer club.....
>
>     > -----Original Message-----
>     > From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org <mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org>
>     > [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org
>     <mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org>] On Behalf Of Mike Davis
>     > Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 12:52 PM
>     > To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
>     > Subject: [Cialug] beginner here...
>     >
>     > ...and new member.  I hope to be at the meeting tomorrow.  I
>     > bought a Linux book, and I'm trying to wade through it, but
>     > I'm not doing too well.  I DID manage to load Ubuntu onto my
>     > computer by myself, and I'm running it now, but there's some
>     > things I haven't been able to figure out yet.  I don't
>     > suppose I could bother someone in this group to spend a
>     > little time with me to get me started?  Hopefully I'm not
>     > breaking any rules here by asking, I just don't know what
>     > else to do.  I DO know that if someone gets me started, I'll
>     > be able to figure out a lot on my own.
>     >
>     > Thanks,
>     > Mike Davis
>     >
>     >
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