I thought it’d be a pain but installing programs through the terminal is actually so nice, I never would have expected it

  • TimeNaan@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    With .tar.gz software usually the steps are:

    1. Extract the archive
    2. Find a file with the .sh extention - that’s the shell script. It will most likely be named something like install.sh
    3. Make it executable - by right clicking and enabling it in the properties or by opening a terminal in this folder and using a command:
    chmod +x install.sh
    1. Run the installer in the terminal:
    ./install.sh

    It might ask you to run it as root and quit. In that case put a sudo before the command above and it will ask you for your password

    sudo ./install.sh

    And tbat’s it, installation should begin. Follow the instructions in your terminal.