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How do you install blitzmax in linux?
I am a newbe to UBUNTU Linux and I do not know how to install BlitzMax.
I downloaded BlitzMax118_Linux.tar.gz to home/joolian/BlitzMax/
and I have no idea how to install it.
I was hoping Synaptic would do it but Synaptic has never heard of it.
Neither has apt-get.

Can anyone help, please?
Thank you for your kind attention :-)

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