On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 23:45:29 +1100 wbenn...@turing.une.edu.au wrote: > If I have an application that I wish to install --- a crossword compiler > in this case and I have the download on the desktop --- it's a .tgz file > --- is there an apt-get command 9or variation) that will install it?
A little off-topic, but since three others have answered the question directly I see no harm in a slight deviation -- the use of apt-get for software installation/upgrades is deprecated. aptitude has numerous advantages, including more advanced dependency handling and a curses-based interactive interface, and is generally considered (by Debian at least) to have replaced apt-get for everything except downloading source code. Ubuntu 10.10 has, highly frustratingly, removed aptitude from the installation CD, so if you're on a clean install of Maverick you need to do apt-get install aptitude before using it.
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