How to install programs downloaded from the internet?
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I've downloadad the latest XAMPP file, to install it into Ubuntu 13.04.
After downloading the file, I just can run it.
I've double click it (and I've tried right click and clicking "open", whith the same result).
All the answer I get is this message:
Could not display “xampp-linux-1.8.3-1-installer.run”. There is no application installed for “executable” files. Do you want to search for an application to open this file?
I've tried searching for an application, with no result...
Also, I haven't found any questions related to this issue with the 13.04 Unity version... I've tried this solution, with no result.
Please note that this isn't a Xampp question, the same happened to me when I tried to install Skype.
UPDATE:
I've tried this solution:
cd ~/Downloads
chmod +x myfile.run
sudo sh myfile.run
And I've got this error:
Syntax error: "(" unexpected
What should I do? Thanks!
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