Acer ASpire One Linpus: how to install new applicaions?

Hello,

I am trying to install new application to this netbook.

After selcting the applications I want, I download a series of archives in Tar + Bzip2.

What do I need to do next?

Thks & rgds

 

Hi jjv

Depending on what programmes you wish to install, Acer provides some additional programmes here,

http://www.acer.com/aspireone/support/f ... nnect.html

You can also add certain programmes by using the Add/Remove Software functionality. This is available under the advanced menu and you can activate this as follows,

Open Terminal, Press Alt and F2 keys together.
Click run
Type in xfce-setting-show then enter
Select Desktop then the Behaviour tab
Under Menu tick Show Desktop Menu on Right Click
Then close the window.
When you right mouse click on the desktop the Xfce menu will be displayed.

Add/Remove Software is under System on the menu.

 

I suggest you not go this route unless absolutely necessary. They don't call it Linpus Lite without reason - among the programs missing are those needed to compile your own or third party applications. However, if you insist, here are the steps:
1. Open a terminal window and extract all the files from the archive. The extraction command is
tar -jcf archive-name.tar.bz2
(replace archive-name.tar.bz2 with the name of your archive)
2. The archive should open it a subdirectory. cd to that subdirectory
3. ./configure
4. make
5. sudo make install
If you encounter any errors in steps 3 and 4, then you don't have all of the tools you need to compile the program(s) in your archives. Use the method described by solpuerto to get those tools.