> in this case and I have the download on the desktop --- it's a .tgz file > --- is there an apt-get command 9or variation) that will install it?
A .tgz is not a .deb. apt-get, even dpkg (lower level) work with .deb files. If you cannot find a .deb, even for a different debian variant (eg Ubuntu, etc), then the .tgz may be installable, or may be source code - do you know what it is? If it's installable, unzipping in / might do the job. But I would unzip into /tmp/blah/ or something first, and have a poke around, to see what's there. Then, if you do wish to install as is, install into /opt or /usr/local if the program allows. It might have an installer inside it. If it is source, it will have a README and/ or INSTALL file inside somewhere, with instructions, hopefully. "man tar" command will teach you about unzipping. "tar xvzf FILENAME.tgz" might be useful. Good luck Zen -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
