For install name_file.tar.gz under Linux do the steps below.
- Open TERMINAL
- Install alien using this command: sudo apt-get install alien
- Now go in the directory where there is the name_file.tar.gz and type: sudo alien name_file.tar.gz
- At the end of the process, in the same directory now you can see the file: name_file.deb
- Now double click on name_file.deb for start the installation.