First copy your Stata17 source file in the Downloads folder of your PC.
If the file is in .zip format, unzip to use it. Confirm that the .tar.gz extension file (Linux supported installation file) is located in the Downloads folder.
I am assuming that you have the licence information ready in your hand during the following installation process:
Here, you will start the installation process and Stata17 will provide you the steps to complete. Follow these steps one by one and complete until the end.
Again, Stata17 will ask you for several conformations and you need to respond properly.
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Even after successfully installing and running Stata17, in Ubuntu/Fedora it won’t be available as an application in the dash, and it won’t have a proper icon in the application launcher.
To complete this step, you need a text editor. In this tutorial,
I am using gedit
which is the official text editor of the
GNOME desktop environment. If your PC don’t contain it, you can install
easily by using terminal.
[Desktop Entry]
Version=17
Terminal=false
Icon=/usr/local/Stata17/stata17.png
Type=Application
Categories=Education;Scientific;
Exec=/usr/local/Stata17/xstata
Name=Stata/BE 17
Comment=Perform statistical analyses using Stata.
StartupNotify=true
MimeType=application/x-stata-dta;application/x-stata-do;application/x-stata-smcl;application/x-stata-stpr;application/x-stata-gph;application/x-stata-stsem;
Actions=doedit;use;view;graphuse;projmanag;semopen;
Cameron, C. and Trivedi, P. (2022) Volume I: Cross-sectional and panel regression methods. Stata Press.
Cameron, C. and Trivedi, P. (2022) Volume II: Nonlinear models and causal inference methods. Stata Press.
Updated on: 2025-01-02