I've held off a long time on this.......

[Wolfie Lee]

YUP!........I was just about ready to post that..........up and running!!

Thanx to:

bpollen, stanca, cell, strider

[artifacts]

Because Ultimate just keeps getting bettter at automaticly handling the install directly at the time of clicking the link, but I need to install a tar.bz2 application, and it wants to open it with archive manager...why is that, and how do I install the app once the tar file is DLed?

why not try commandline

Q. I’m new to Linux. Over few days I found lots software distributed as .tar.gz file. How do I install tar.gz files under Linux?

A. tar.gz also known as tarball, an archive format for electronic data and software. Most Linux tarball contains a source code for software. If you are new to Linux I recommend using apt-get, rpm and yum command to install all binary packages.

Tarballs are a group of files in one file. Tarball files have the extension .tar.gz, .tgz or .tar.bz2. Most open source software use tarballs to distribute programs/source codes.
# 1: Uncompress tarball

To uncompress them, execute the following command(s) depending on the extension:
$ tar zxf file.tar.gz
$ tar zxf file.tgz
$ tar jxf file.tar.bz2
$ tar jxf file.tbz2

Now change directory
$ ls
$ cd path-to-software/
# 2: Build and install software

Generally you need to type 3 commands as follows for building and compiling software:
# ./configure
# make
# make install

Where,

* ./configure will configure the software to ensure your system has the necessary functionality and libraries to successfully compile the package
* make will compile all the source files into executable binaries.
* Finally, make install will install the binaries and any supporting files into the appropriate locations.

# 3: Read INSTALL / README file

Each tarball comes with installation and build instructions. Open INSTALL or README file for more information:
$ vi INSTALL

Source : How to install Linux / UNIX *.tar.gz tarball files

hope this helps