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Good afternoon I'm new to the forum and the ubuntu system. I can't install the programs that I download from various sites. I download them they go to me on documents and from there when I open them they come out strange writings (they look like the code of the program boh) how do I install the program I download?. thanks
 
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I’ve just edited and translated the original post from Italian to English, in order for the community to help @giuing.
 
G'day giuing, Welcome to Linux.org

Some questions.....
What is the name and version of your Linux ?

Where did you download the programs/apps from?.....which app/program ?
 
Welcome,
please remember to reply in English.
You say programs, are they windows programs ? [we don't gave programs in Linux, we have apps] if they are windows then you will need to install them using wine.
if they are Linux apps, where did you download them from? and what format are they [RPM,.Deb,tarbal,zip & etc]
 
the name of linux is ubuntu 2404 the program I would like to download (but also others) is stremio for linux. I download the program which goes to documents or downloaded files but it doesn't install. When I open it, strange writing appears as if it were the program code.
 
Do you mean STEAM....the app is used for games.....?
 
Sorry....there is an app called Stremio
Ubuntu should have a software manager......look for it in the menu

Dont download from the internet....that can cause problems
 
Assuming you mean Streamio and that you downloaded the version for Ubuntu.
First right click and copy the file then in a terminal do
Code:
sudo apt install pathtothedownload

in my case the file would be /home/craig/Downloads/stremio_4.4.168-1_amd64.deb

A good place to start learning Ubuntu would be:
 
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Welcome,
please remember to reply in English.
You say programs, are they windows programs ? [we don't gave programs in Linux, we have apps] if they are windows then you will need to install them using wine.
if they are Linux apps, where did you download them from? and what format are they [RPM,.Deb,tarbal,zip & etc]
 
Assuming you mean Streamio and that you downloaded the version for Ubuntu.
First right click and copy the file then in a terminal do
Code:
sudo apt install pathtothedownload

in my case the file would be /home/craig/Downloads/stremio_4.4.168-1_amd64.deb

A good place to start learning Ubuntu would be:
the terminal tells me the pathtothedownload package cannot be found
 


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