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opening compressed (zip)files on DebianIm new to Debian and mostly new toLinux except for a bootable version DSL and Knoppix. I have downloaded Thunderbird on Debian. How do I open it? Bookmark/Search this post with: 
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What do you mean you have downloaded Thunderbird?
To find software on a Debian system, use the 'apt-cache' tool:
apt-cache find thunderbird
Actually, in Debian it has been renamed to "icedove". If it is in your repository list:
apt-get install icedove
Usually "distribution tarballs" contain code which you need to compile; sometimes they have executable code, but unless it was specifically created for the distribution ad version of system you have installed, they're usually not much use. Building from 'source' is even worse if you don't already have a lot of experience with it. So, for most things, just make sure you have good entries in the /etc/apt/sources.list file and that you try to find the software you want in the existing Debian archives. Since there are over 16,000 software packages, you usually can find just what you want.