What program to install .mint files

[pluraldave]

Don't download from the mint portal. Use MintInstall that is in your menu - it browses the Mint portal and handles installations.

[DrHu]

okay so is this an issue everyone has not just me?

http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=32763
Only for people who use Mint utilities; like Mintinstall

There are other ways of installing software on any Linux system, including Mint
In a GUI (desktop)

• Synaptic (Package manager)
  Mintinstall (Software manager)
  Mintupdate
  removed

In terminal

• apt
  aptitude
  dpkg
  tar
  --source files, that have to be compiled to match your kernel version

[DrHu]

Yes I think it does differ, but since I don't use it; preferring Synaptic, which I can use on any Linux based distribution, as well as not finding it to be better (for me anyway..)
http://www.nongnu.org/synaptic/

I just hope we don't get sucked into the Ubuntu method coming downstream, of their application/web center
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-A ... 2572.shtml
--because something like that, might very well kill Synaptic or other choices for the user, and trend towards a distribution only solution; as apparently package management has been indicated as a problem for new Linux users

I personally, just don't see it

• Package management, software installation, large number of Linux distributions being a real problem at all..

• --but they get mentioned often enough, and as they all say "Perception is reality"