= Other Installation Methods =
To Most popular software should be completedavailable from the default repositories.As you start using your Linux system and start installing more and more software, you may encounter an application that is NOT available in the Synaptic Package Manager. If that occurs, you can perform a NetSearch to locate software to manually download and install.This can be a pain for the novice Linux user. There are several types of ways applications are bundles for download and installation: # filename.rpm (Redhat Package Mananger)# filename.deb (Debian Install Manager)# filename.tar.gz , filename .tgz (zipped "tarball") I am not going to go into painful detail how to install these types of files (I "shudder" just anticipating the problems that you may encounter). Mainly the problems will relate to the wrong rpm or deb file for your version of Linux, or a dependency problem. A dependency problem means that the application that you are installing relies on some other software (or updated software version) that isn't currently installed on your system. I would recommend keeping with the Synaptic Package Manager to install software, but if you are determined to install software the manual way, here is a link to a resource that may provide help: