Install Software in Ubuntu

Want to install programs you want, but because you are new to Linux, don't understand how it works? This article will show you how to install programs in recent versions of Ubuntu.

Steps

  1. Connect to the internet, unless you are using offline repositories.

Installing Graphically

  1. Click on Dashboard in the side bar.
  2. Search for "Ubuntu Software Center and open it.
  3. On the Left side you can select the category of software you want to install. For example, you'd select Sound & Video to install any sound or video software.
    • An alternate way is to use the search function and search for the required software.
  4. Select the software you want to install. For example, choose Audacity from the list and click Install.
  5. You will be prompted for the password of that computer. Type it to continue installing the software.

Installing via Terminal

  1. Open Terminal by typing Ctrl+Alt+T or going in your Dashboard and searching for Terminal.
  2. Enter the following command: “sudo apt-get install firefox” (without quotation marks) to install Firefox, for example. You can swap out "firefox" with the name of whatever software you're installing.



Tips

  • Try to install only packages you will use
  • Update your packages by typing
    sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade or sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
  • If you are making changes to your sources list (/etc/apt/sources.list), be sure to update it with sudo apt-get update<tt>.
  • If you decide you do not want a package anymore, type
    <tt>sudo apt-get remove package<tt>
    (replace <tt>package<tt> with the name of the package).
  • When you install a package, other packages may be installed with it as well. These are called dependencies.

Warnings

  • Be sure you trust the site that you download from (if the software is not from the Ubuntu repositories).
  • Don't run programs that can crash the system

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