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I downloaded and extracted *.tar.gz file. Here's the link - Robomongo. Then I located a folder named Bin and double clicked on a executable file. The program started to run. I didn't have to install it or anything. I have two questions:

What's this type of package called - Source code | Compiled | something else?

What's the typical place to put these extracted files on your computer?

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  • You might be able to get a 'reopen' if you edit your question and ask more specifically about installing Robomongo rather than the more generic questions... – andrew.46 Apr 29 '16 at 08:34

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You have downloaded a compiled version of RoboMongo. Ordinarily such packages can be placed in either of 2 locations:

  1. $HOME/bin
  2. /usr/local/bin

I show the second option in this answer:

tar xvf robomongo-0.9.0-rc7-linux-x86_64-2b7a8ca.tar.gz
cd robomongo-0.9.0-rc7-linux-x86_64-2b7a8ca
sudo mv -v bin/* /usr/local/bin && sudo mv -v lib/* /usr/local/lib

If you then open the application with the command robomongo from the command line you will then have an option (for Xenial at least) on the sidebar to right click and 'Add to Dash' or 'Lock to Launcher':

enter image description here

It is not very tidy but this archive is not a fully developed package as such and lacks neat installation and removal options. However removal can be done manually with the following two commands:

sudo rm -v /usr/local/bin/{qt.conf,robomongo}
sudo rm -rfv /usr/local/lib/{imageformats,libQt5DBus.so,\
libQt5PrintSupport.so.5.5.1,\
libicudata.so.54,libQt5DBus.so.5,libQt5Widgets.la,\
libicudata.so.54.1,libQt5DBus.so.5.5,libQt5Widgets.prl,\
libicui18n.so.54,libQt5DBus.so.5.5.1,libQt5Widgets.so,\
libicui18n.so.54.1,libQt5Gui.la,libQt5Widgets.so.5,\
libicuuc.so.54,libQt5Gui.prl,libQt5Widgets.so.5.5,\
libicuuc.so.54.1,libQt5Gui.so,libQt5Widgets.so.5.5.1,\
libQt5Core.la,libQt5Gui.so.5,libQt5XcbQpa.la,\
libQt5Core.prl,libQt5Gui.so.5.5,libQt5XcbQpa.prl,\
libQt5Core.so,libQt5Gui.so.5.5.1,libQt5XcbQpa.so,\
libQt5Core.so.5,libQt5PrintSupport.la,libQt5XcbQpa.so.5,\
libQt5Core.so.5.5,libQt5PrintSupport.prl,libQt5XcbQpa.so.5.5,\
libQt5Core.so.5.5.1,libQt5PrintSupport.so,libQt5XcbQpa.so.5.5.1,\
libQt5DBus.la,libQt5PrintSupport.so.5,platforms,\
libQt5DBus.prl,libQt5PrintSupport.so.5.5,platformthemes}

It takes a little bit of manual fiddling but this works nicely on my system and should on yours as well...

andrew.46
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