software installation - Help installing Stata on Ubuntu 16.04 - Ask Ubuntu

i need stata on laptop , i'm new ubuntu. have folder taz files i'm not sure them. installed given instructions provided won't open, gives me error:

error while loading shared libraries: libgtksourceview-1.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: no such file or directory 

here instructions came with

before starting:

sudo apt-get install libgtksourceview-3.0-common sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libgtksourceview-2.0.so.0 /usr/lib/libgtksourceview-1.0.so.0 sudo apt-get install libgnomeprint2.2-0 

1. unzip file stata12_linux

2. choose 32-bits or 64-bits

   cd your_path/stata12_linux/linux.32/   

   or

   cd your_path/stata12_linux/linux.64/ 

3. tar -xzvf docs.taz tar -xzvf base.taz tar -xzvf bins.taz tar -xzvf ado.taz sudo mkdir /usr/local/stata12 mv * /usr/local/stata12/ cd /usr/local/stata12/ sudo chmod -r 755 . sudo sh setrwxp sudo ./stinit 

use serial number, code , authorization given sloveniax

congratulations!! stata 12 installed.
./xstata

had same problem same installation procedure. precise, stata run through command line (i.e. terminal) after installation process, thats pretty useless 1 uses stata friendly gui, right? using gui, need packages libgnomeprint2.2-0 , libgtksourceview2.0-0, not supported ubuntu 16.04. solved adding old repositories of ubuntu 12.04 (the last 1 support packages believe) ubuntu 16.04 apt sources. open terminal administrator and:

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list 

add line sources.list file opens up:

deb http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main universe 

save , close. update new sources in terminal:

sudo apt-get update 

install erstwhile unsupported packages using:

sudo apt-get install libgnomeprint2.2-0 libgtksourceview2.0-0 

this did me. stata gui , running!

p.s. solution not me. read http://people.duke.edu/~aql3/install-stata12-ubuntu1404/

p.p.s. can tell if procedure has side-effects? mean adding old repositories newer distributions?