[Cialug] beginner here...

[Mike Davis]

OK, are you saying that almost anything I could possibly want is available
through synaptic?  If so, I had not realized that.


On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 11:00 PM, David Champion <dave at visionary.com> wrote:

> 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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