install/run a lin.tgz file?

you should have majong game in your applications -> games menu
if you don't you can do 'sudo apt-get install gnome-games' to get it.

 Thanks for answering so quickly :)) I have a mahjong game in my game
list but its not the one from absolutist.com ... where do i enter that
code you gave me?
On Thu, 2007-11-22 at 15:53 +0000, Gord Allott wrote:
> Your question #18445 on file-roller in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file-roller/+question/18445
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Gord Allott proposed the following answer:
> you should have majong game in your applications -> games menu
> if you don't you can do 'sudo apt-get install gnome-games' to get it.
>

Extract the file and follow README or INSTALL file instructions enclosed within.

If you can give the link to the file you've downloaded we can help you better.

I'm trying to install mahjong_lin.tgz I have the file in my download box
apparently but just don't understand how to get it to work....
On Thu, 2007-11-22 at 18:18 +0000, Qwerty Maniac wrote:
> Your question #18445 on file-roller in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file-roller/+question/18445
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Qwerty Maniac proposed the following answer:
> Extract the file and follow README or INSTALL file instructions enclosed
> within.
>
> If you can give the link to the file you've downloaded we can help you
> better.
>

Link me to the file you've downloaded please.

I'm sorry, I guess I really don't know what I'm doing: how do i link you
to the downloaded file?
On Thu, 2007-11-22 at 20:22 +0000, Qwerty Maniac wrote:
> Your question #18445 on file-roller in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file-roller/+question/18445
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> Qwerty Maniac requested for more information:
> Link me to the file you've downloaded please.
>

Babett, please open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal and type:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xmahjongg mah-jong

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

Then open menu Applications->Games ....

Hope this help

Ok tried that, here's the message I get when I do that:
 babette@babette-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install xmahhong mah-jong
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package xmahhong
babette@babette-desktop:~$

what am i doing wrong?
On Thu, 2007-11-22 at 22:32 +0000, marcobra wrote:
> Your question #18445 on file-roller in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file-roller/+question/18445
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> marcobra proposed the following answer:
> Babett, please open a Terminal from the menu
> Applications->Accessories->Terminal and type:
>
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get install xmahjongg mah-jong
>
> give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you
> type it, then press enter.
>
> Then open menu Applications->Games ....
>
> Hope this help
>

Well I have just tried this.
Download it to your desktop.
Right click on it and choose "Extract Here".
It will create a new folder on your desktop.
Open that folder and the one inside it, run it and if it works the same for you it wont start.
This appears to be very old and doesn't seem to work well with modern linux distros