Unpopular Opinion
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I'm curious what you mean by the "right" way, from a website? Linux does things differently at a fundamental level, that I won't deny. But I'll also say, if you're interested in Linux, you have to be willing to learn.
I'm not an expert, but as I understand it most Linux distributions rely on repositories, and expect you to install most of your software from there for both security and compatibility reasons. Those errors were telling you what additional things needed to be downloaded before what you selected would work. And I guess I'm confused on that point. You said it pointed you to what you needed, did things not work after the downloads completed? I know Linux Mint does this, and it's considered to be very user friendly. To use your analogy, if you turn the welder on and it says you need fuel, "please download this exact type" that should resolve the issue.
I know it's hard expecting everything in Linux to function exactly like Windows, but that's not how it works and that's by design. Regardless, as Windows adopts more spyware, ads, and anti-user features into their products I think Linux is the far better (free and open-source) choice and it's definitely worth learning... Good luck!