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installing a downloaded exe.program file

Asked by Leslie DeBord on 2011-03-16

I am trying to install programs on ubuntu and evidentially I don't understand the procedure.I have always used windows until I received this small laptop as a gift. It would be nice to have a manual if at all possible.

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Last query:: 2011-03-18

Last reply:: 2011-03-18

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arochester (arochester) said on 2011-03-16:

.Exe is a Microsoft Windows file. Linux is not Windows. Windows is not Linux.

SOME Windows apps will work in Linux through the Linux app called Wine, BUT NOT ALL.

See e.g.
"Installing Software in Ubuntu" - http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/installingsoftware
"Getting Started with Ubuntu" - http://files.ubuntu-manual.org/manuals/getting-started-with-ubuntu/10.04e2/en_US/screen/Getting%20Started%20with%20Ubuntu%2010.04%20-%20Second%20Edition.pdf
"Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference" - http://www.ubuntupocketguide.com/index_main.html
"Ubuntu Guide" - http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Maverick
"Download the Linux Starter Pack" - http://www.tuxradar.com/linuxstarterpack

Exactly what files are you trying to install?

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Leslie DeBord (debordleslie) said on 2011-03-17:

I am trying to download a program so I can watch television on the computer

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arochester (arochester) said on 2011-03-17:

1) What is the full NAME of the program you have downloaded?

2) Where, approximately, in the World are you? E.g. US television is not easily accessible in the UK and visa versa. In the UK there is is possible to use for BBCiplayer, Zattoo, LiveStation, TV Catchup etc

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Leslie DeBord (debordleslie) said on 2011-03-18:

televisionfanatic.exe I live in the united states.