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How to install .tar.bz2 softwares on ubuntu

Asked by Sumeet kumar

when i download any softwares/applications for ubuntu mostly it come with .tar.bz2 or .tar.gz extension instead of .deb
i have download many file like monodevelop midori chromium etc but it doesn't install,
help what i can do...

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Vibhav Pant (vibhavp) said : 		#1

.tar.bz2 / .tar.bz are usually tarballs that contain the source code for the respective application , you normally need to compile these to run them. (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompilingSoftware)

If you are attempting to compile packages because you think the package is not available in the repository, please search for packages at the Ubuntu Package Search (http://packages.ubuntu.com/) or the Ubuntu Software Center

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