Linux newbie and help with installing on Mint

[LittleHelp]

2 seconds from throwing my laptop threw a wall.

I’m a newb with linux obviously. And so far not a fan.. Just let me DL something an install it. All this command line crap is too much.

Ok rant over.

I have Mint 17.2. I just don’t know the commands I am guessing?

– I saved the 5.0.63 tar.gz package to my desktop.

– I installed the package no problem, I extracted 2 items to my desktop from terminal (NX folder and readme file)

And this is where I am stuck. What do i do? And what is the exact command for my terminal.

I have tried sudo /desktop/nx/nxserver ….no command found

Tried the same but instead with sudo apt-get /desktop etc… no command found.

Also tried the same with –install after sudo and after the folder names. Same thing

So for the love of all thing holy…what in the heck are my next steps? What am I missing, just installing nxserver? And I’d appreciate it if I could get the command. sudo blah blah blah

Thanks

 

 

[Britgirl]

Linux can be frustrating, especially if you’re coming from Windows or Mac. To install NoMachine (or any other tar package) from command line you need to go to the directory/folder where you placed the package. For example (in this case I am installing to /usr):
$ cd /usr
$ sudo tar xvzf nomachine_5.0.63_1.tar.gz
$ sudo /usr/NX/nxserver –install

Once installed correctly, NoMachine is already up and running. A NoMachine icon (!M) will appear in your system tray. This is the NoMachine Monitor, which indicates that remote connections are ‘on’ and you can connect to this computer from another device. Another way to check it’s installed is to go to the Applications menu->Internet.

As a Linux newbie though I’d recommend you download the .deb package and not the tar.gz (and that’s for any Linux software you want to install, not just NoMachine). Downloading the .deb on to your Mint desktop is so much easier than doing things from the command line.Simply double clicking on the what you’ve downloaded will trigger the Mint package manager and install it for you.

See the screenshots I have attached. You’ll need admin rights to proceed with the installation.

I recommend this website: http://linuxnewbieguide.org/?page_id=106 for easy explanations about the different packages available for Linux OS, and how to use the Linux commands. Also this: https://linuxacademy.com/blog/linux/linux-commands-for-beginners-sudo/

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