I'm trying to install a translation program and when executing the file by double clicking on it, the message I got is 'could not open program because archive type not supported.
I've used windows all my life, and so far finding Ubuntu very confusing. Could anybody help, while keeping it simple?
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If it's a zip you may need to install unzip first. If it's a rar you may need to install unrar.
If it was a .tar or .tar.gz you wouldn't get the error about "archive type not supported".
Rather than double click file, right click on it and choose uncompress. Like I said if it's a zip or rar, run the following commands first, or use software center.
sudo apt-get install unzipOr
sudo apt-get install unrarOne installed, again right click and you should see an uncompress option. Now with the right archive type installed it should uncompress.
Edit: what is the file extension by the way?
Update: Since the extension is .tgz you can either
tar zxvf fileNameHere.tgzFrom the command line, or as I said before, right click and select extract from file manager
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