How can I install programs on Linux?
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 at
14:50
I have the newest Ubuntu release.
I need to install: Thunderbird, a .rpm file and .so files. Are there any other types of installation? What are they and how to do them?
Thanks.
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Here is the Official Ubuntu Thunderbird Documentation
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Thunderbird
Installing Software on Ubuntu
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/installingsoftware
Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) User Guide
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Karmic
LUg.
.rpm files are used by red hat and fedora (and others) mainly, rpm stands for red hat package manager.
in order to install an .rpm file you would have to install the rpm manager, but it might be just easier to use the software manager under "applications" if using the gnome desktop. Just type in the programs you are looking for and Ubuntu will ask for your password then install them automatically.
You should use Synaptic to install programs in ubuntu.
Good luck
Thanks for the answers. I forgot my Yahoo! Mail name, so I can’t login. The Synaptic works. Thanks.
Those are Red Hat type of files (.rpm) To install Ubuntu software, go to the menus at the top, open the right hand menu, go to the second one down (system/admin) open it and open Synaptic, use your user password. In the search box type in Thunderbird. It will display in the list, then check it to install. Then click apply near the top under the menus. Once you learn how console commands are used it can be done without using Synaptic. The power house of Linux is the console (terminal) commands (it creates a wider range of access to the Linux Operating System). Best of Luck.
Use the Package Manager, .deb files, or the less popular Tarball archives.
Thunderbird 3
http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/
I personally installed Thunderbird using the tarball. You can install Thunderbird in your home folder or in the opt directory.
Scroll down to the bottom of this thread and you will find a detailed how-to instructions for installing Thunderbird via tarball.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1350569&page=4
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The problem with installing using tarballs is that the software won’t automatically update. To update simply replace the old folder (containing the inter-workings of the software) with the new one.
You can install Thunderbird and many other common Apps easily by using the Synaptic Package Manager, which is a graphical program that lets you search for and find programs in Ubuntu’s Software Repository.
Goto System, Administration, Synaptic Package Manager and do a search for "Thunderbird." Then, select the package and click apply.
The only downside to using Ubuntu’s Repositories are that sometimes the newest releases aren’t in there. So, in those cases, you would want to install it manually.
"sudo apt-get install thunderbird"
you can also search for installable software by running "sudo apt-cache search FILENAME"
replace FILENAME with software you are looking for.
why do people make it so hard for new linux users ?
there is really no need for sudo-apt
why not just use the ubuntu software manager
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/installingsoftware
If your using Ubuntu then the safest, quickest, painless, and best way to install a new program is with the Synaptic Package Manger (Main Menu -> System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager). If you do have to download a program (because it isn’t in Synaptic) then you need to get the .deb format (any other won’t load).