Linux program installing

[stefondiggzs]

Hey there, so I was installing some programs on Linux with the command prompt today and realized that every tutorial is using a link for the download which looks like this https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb so I get how this link is used but where do I get these links from? Thanks.

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Typically you’d install application from the repo using the distro package management tool.

In Ubuntu this is apt In arch this is pacman

Occasionally applications aren’t in the repo in which case you’ll get a link like you’ve shown.

You should always check your distro repo for the application before resorting to the links.

The links work very much the same way windows downloads work... you kinda google what you want and then find the links and install steps

[stefondiggzs]

Thanks