I download a few items for my school work but cannot launch them. It keeps asking which program to I want to open with. It isnt like windows when it automatically knows.
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It depends on what you;re trying do launch. If you download *.exe files it won't be executed unless you use particular apps like e.g wine. If it's only a picture or text document, you'd have to know what extension it has e.g. schedule.pdf (pdf is what's called extension). Afte that you can figure out if you're missing an application to execute this file.
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The .pkg tends to be a package application. It is used by many programs so you need to install the same program on your home computer that you use at school.
Sometimes adding a .zip to the end of the file name will allow you to open the file as some of the .pkg files are actually zip files.
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In Ubuntu, the equivalent to Window's .exe files are the .deb files. You can just click .deb files in Ubuntu and they'll install just as easily as with Windows (it's actually easier, since you won't have to go through all those annoying "Next" buttons). So one thing you could do is check for a Ubuntu or .deb version of the programs you're downloading.
Alternatively, I recommend you enter the "Ubuntu Software Center" (look for a shopping bag icon in your left panel) and search for programs similar to the ones you use in Windows.
Waldir Leoncio
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