I am really brand new to Linux. I had purchased a Raspberry Pi 5 to begin learning Linux. And I am using the Raspberry Pi 5 OS (believe it is debian linux).
But I really need help understanding how to install software. I am very experienced with Windows desktop / laptops computers and been installing software on Windows for years. I usually just unzip the software and run a setup.exe or if necessary I copy the executables manually to the right directory.
I also sideloaded apps on a chromebook and an android cellphone. But I am having a lot of problems understanding how to install files on Linux so that I can execute / run the software?
I downloaded a linux zip of some software that I want to install and run that has both bin and lib directories.
When I try to unzip it with the default Raspberry Pi 5 software, it just says files already exist when I try to extract it, even if I try to extract to the /tmp folder.
Can anyone give me step by step, on how to install software that has both bin and lib folders? Someone already told me that I will have to use chmod +x to make files executable.
But I have no idea how to extract the files, and can I copy them to the root directories /usr/bin /usr/lib? How would I do that?
But I really need help understanding how to install software. I am very experienced with Windows desktop / laptops computers and been installing software on Windows for years. I usually just unzip the software and run a setup.exe or if necessary I copy the executables manually to the right directory.
I also sideloaded apps on a chromebook and an android cellphone. But I am having a lot of problems understanding how to install files on Linux so that I can execute / run the software?
I downloaded a linux zip of some software that I want to install and run that has both bin and lib directories.
When I try to unzip it with the default Raspberry Pi 5 software, it just says files already exist when I try to extract it, even if I try to extract to the /tmp folder.
Can anyone give me step by step, on how to install software that has both bin and lib folders? Someone already told me that I will have to use chmod +x to make files executable.
But I have no idea how to extract the files, and can I copy them to the root directories /usr/bin /usr/lib? How would I do that?
Statistics: Posted by Staragox — Mon Nov 11, 2024 4:42 pm