Another New USER question. How do I execute a Linux Executable In UBUBTU 13?

Please close as a duplicate of :
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/236171

You ALREADY have an open and active question regarding this issue.

I think there has been a misunderstanding. I need to know how to execute
programs in UBUNTU. After that, I may be able to get by for a while.

Yes, Setup.exe is a Windows program, and I wouldn't expect UBUNTU to be
able to execute it without me doing something special. The question was,
"What special stuff to do?"

That problem is gone, though. I installed a different WiFi adapter. One
that UBUNTU recognized, and no problem. I'm on the network now.

The second question is quite a bit different. How do I execute a Linux
program in UBUNTU. I need to install Flashplayer and DLed the Linux
version, but I don't know how to run the install program. What buttons do I
need to push? What commands do I need to type in?

I got UBUNTU because Windoze has just gotten too weird for me. It has taken
6 weeks of extreme effort to get my Windoze based work machine up to my
standards. I thought I would give UBUNTU a try. So far it has been running
for two days, and I haven't been able to do anything with it. Where are the
Help files?

It doesn't matter, though, because I plan to spend at least a month
actually using UBUNTU before I try to do anything serious with it. I can
already say that it isn't as flakey as the versions of Windoze we are being
forced to buy now, just . . . different.

I built my first computer in 1987. A slightly tweaked IBM PC compatible
with a NEC V-20 CPU. (7mHz instead of 4.77 mHz) I have stayed with PC
compatibles ever since. Due to the work that I did I was forced to learn
how to use Windows in 1993. Didn't like it then, don't like it now. I've
never used Mac or Unix/Linux, so I know nothing about them, but, after 26
years of experience, I have a pretty good idea how computers work.

Thanks for your help.

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Normally, you run executables by typing their name, but if the executable is not in a directory included in your PATH variable (and the dot . is the important directory for running programs in the current directory), you need to include the expicit path. If you are in the directory (Downloads), just type ./executable. That presumes the file is actually executable. Check with ls -l and you shouild see x in the permissions at the start of the line. If no x, add it with chmod +x executable, then try to run it with ./executable.