Re: [SLUG] Newbie -> Can't execute anything I've downloaded

[Erik de Castro Lopo <mle+slug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Josh Shone wrote:

> Hello, first e-mail:
> 
> Trying to get Firefox 1.5 and Frostwire on to my Kubuntu 5.10 install. 
> Firefox comes in a tar.gz, Frostwire in a .deb package.

The problem is probably that Firefox was installed as a tar.gz.

Unless you really know what you are doing, its *highly* recommended
to only install packages from .debs.

I would suggest uninstalling the Firefox .tar.gz and installing 
the .deb package for firefox and then re-installing frostwire 
(whatever that is).

Erik
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