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loading software in Linux

jon2

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Posted October 28, 2011 at 1:37PM

I am new to Linux and would like to know in simple terms how to load third party software, I have Ubuntu running on my machine.

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LastChip

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Posted October 28, 2011 at 1:38PM

What do you mean by third party software?

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jon2

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Posted October 28, 2011 at 1:43PM

I mean software that is not from the Linux vault so to speak

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bluesbrother

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Posted October 28, 2011 at 1:57PM

It depends on which version of linux you have. If you have a look on their web pages you will find "how to's"

For example Ubuntu Adding a software repository

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LastChip

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Posted October 28, 2011 at 1:57PM

Can you be more specific? You're asking a question that has many forms of answer.

Are you talking about running Windows software? Are you talking about installing from source? Do you mean using different repositories?

The question is too vague to answer.

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bluesbrother

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Posted October 28, 2011 at 2:09PM

Should have said the Ubuntu example above was for 10.04 later versions may be different. Links to versions 8.04 to 11.10 can be found here Official Ubuntu Documentation

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