I just picked up a piece of software called jjazzlab. I'm running Ubuntu 20.04. I can start the software from a terminal window and it runs with no issues, but it never seems to install. What I'm hoping is that there is some way to get it to install so that I can find it with the show applications.
Does this application need to be started from a terminal window or is there another way to launch the software?
Yes, you're supposed to do exactly as you've been doing, from a command line.
According to the Linux installation instructions just do:
Unzip the package.
Start JJazzLab using bin/jjazzlab in the installation directory.
This instructions are generic and applicable to any Linux distro. They mention an alternative installation by native package but that is only available for ArchLinux and Manjaro Linux (presumably also any other Arcg derivative). So, for Ubuntu, you need to run it in the command line.
