> From: "http://www.juno.com/~w1few" <http://www.juno.com/~w1few> > Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:35:20 GMT > > Hi Robert, > By the way, what do you prefer being as when I send you email - Rob, > Robert, Bob, Hey You??? Shithead? > I downloaded GCC and JOVE which came down with a .DEB extension. When I > went to APPLICATIONS, ADD, it wouldn't recognize the downloaded files > which I copied fron my XP machine onto a CD then mounted the CD on the > UBUNTU machine. Ideas? That won't do it. Debian has an entire dependency system maintained through the "apt" command. deb files are only the packages. There can be all sorts of interdependencies that only it knows about. The best thing to do is to get the machine online (internet) and do # apt-get update # apt-get install jove > D We can deal with this this weekenv via Skype if you'd like.