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I can't get anything to work on ubuntu....

Asked by Geoffrey P

I can't do anything on ubuntu... I have Ubuntu 12.04 and nothing works.

I don't know if it's something i'm doing or if something went wrong during the download.

I'm trying to download things like java, flash player, and other things that i need.

Alot of them just download files or something and those don't do anything.

So now i'm trying to see if I can get LinuxMint as i heard they are more user friendly, but i'm getting error messages everytime I try to download Lunix Mint on my USB.

Can anyone help me.....

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

What are you trying to achieve? All you have said is "I can't do something" which tells us nothing at all.

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Geoffrey P (geoffreydabomb25) said : 		#2

Well I guess I'll start off small. How do I download things like java or flash player or any other programs? Java is the one i'm concerned about most right now

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Press CTRL+ALT+T and run:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer

Each line is a command, run them one after the other. The prompt for your password will give no feedback but just type the password.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#4

Seems you are new to Ubuntu so be sure to read the useful http://ubuntu-manual.org/

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Geoffrey P (geoffreydabomb25) said : 		#5

Alright thanks it worked. How do you download other things like skype? Is there some sort of trick to do it?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#6

Use the skype website, or enable the partner repo in software centre and install it

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