Help installing application on Ubuntu?

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I've been trying all day to install TeamViewer and Google Chrome on my Ubuntu 12.04 computer. I've tried opening the DEB files in Ubuntu Software center, and installing using the dpkg -i commands in the terminal.

NOTHING HAS WORKED! It always gives me an error message! How do I install this?

Here is what I get from the terrminal:

<USERNAME>@ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg -i '/home/<USERNAME>/Desktop/teamviewer_linux.deb' (Reading database ... 142745 files and directories currently installed.)

Preparing to replace teamviewer7:i386 7.0.9350 (using .../Desktop/teamviewer_linux.deb) ...

Unpacking replacement teamviewer7:i386 ...

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of teamviewer7:i386:

teamviewer7:i386 depends on bash (>= 3.0).

dpkg: error processing teamviewer7:i386 (--install):

dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

Errors were encountered while processing:

teamviewer7:i386

jerry t · Answer

With the Software Center you do not have to use the command line to install apps.
Simply search for chromium  and it will install it with all the dependencies.
If teamviewer  is not available in the software center make sure you are using the latest version of teamviewer as found in the second link. In your case there are some dependent files that must be installed for teamviewer to work. If the error message lists the names of those missing files you could try to install them first and then retry teamviewer. You might have to remove an older version of a file and install a newer version.
You could also try these commands to fix broken packages:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure -a 
or the command:
sudo apt-get install -f
You might have to run the command more than once if not all broken packages are fixed.
Hope this helps.

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