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gnome-terminal package

Opening installers and other files

Asked by magnettis

I just installed ubuntu on my laptop. Everything was fine until i decided to try and download a program. One of them came as a .zip, so I unpacked it and opened the setup file (usually a .sh file) however, the file opens up as a script in text editor. How do I get it to open the right way? I tried opening it with other applications, but I don't know which to use.

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Super (super-man) said : 		#1

Hello magnettis,
Well, if you want to install a package, you can use the Synaptic Package Manager located in System > Administration or if you prefer the command line, use a terminal (man apt).
You can take a look here too: https://help.ubuntu.com/

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magnettis (boredstuff) said : 		#2

this helps a bit, but when I tried installing something like NDISwrapper and i went into Synaptic, I couldn't find out how to install that program from there.

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Marshall Scorcio (marshalium) said : 		#3

To run a setup script (or any script) you will want to make it executable and run it from the terminal. Like this.

Open up a terminal:
Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal

Change to the directory where the setup script is located:
"cd location-of-script" (replace location-of-script with the directory where you extracted the files)

Make the file executable:
"chmod +x setup.sh" (or whatever the script is called)

Then run it either as root for system wide install:
"sudo ./setup.sh"

Or as a normal user to install to somewhere in your home directory:
"./setup.sh"

I hope that makes sense.

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Janine (redreactions) said : 		#4

I came across this answer before posting my own question and just wanted to say thanks Marshall Scorcio as your answer solved my problem :-)

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