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Don't know how to open the terminal to a certain directory.

Asked by Nuno Dias

I downloaded Alice(a programming software) and this is what it said on their website to do after you download it:
Open a terminal to the directory where you downloaded the file.
After that, it shows what you have to run in the terminal(tar xvfz Alice-2.0.0.tar.gz then run: cd Alice/Required then run: ./run-alice)
I do not how to open a terminal to the directory where you download the file. I've tried to search for existing questions on this site, but nothing related to my problem.

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Best enubuntu (mr.tennents) said : 		#1

You have to use the 'cd' command. Here you can read more about cd:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal#Commands

cd: The cd command will allow you to change directories. When you open a terminal you will be in your home directory. To move around the file system you will use cd. Examples:

To navigate into the root directory, use "cd /"
To navigate to your home directory, use "cd" or "cd ~"
To navigate up one directory level, use "cd .."
To navigate to the previous directory (or back), use "cd -"
To navigate through multiple levels of directory at once, specify the full directory path that you want to go to. For example, use, "cd /var/www" to go directly to the /www subdirectory of /var/. As another example, "cd ~/Desktop" will move you to the Desktop subdirectory inside your home directory.

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Nuno Dias (nunojr) said : 		#2

Thanks Enrico "eNry" Carafa, that solved my question.