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Ubuntu includes some powerful tools for managing software. Here are some of those tools and terminology: |
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| This page lists guides to adding and removing software in Ubuntu | == The basics == |
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| == Guides in this category == * SynapticHowTo - Synaptic allows installation, upgrading and removing of programs. These instructions assume that you have permission to run sudo. (If you installed Ubuntu yourself, you do.) * '''Extra software''' is available for your computer: AddingRepositoriesHowto - (What are repositories? Read: ["Repositories"]) * [:DVDAuthoring:DVDAuthoring] - Software for authoring DVDs * AudioCDCreation - Software for authoring audio CDs |
* InstallingSoftware - if you just looking about how to install software, go here * SoftwarePackagingFormats - Linux programs come packaged in a number of different ways. This is an overiew of them * AddingRepositoriesHowto - Increase the number of packages available to install on your system. What are repositories? Read: ["Repositories"] * SynapticHowto - Synaptic (graphical tool for apt-get) allows installation, upgrading and removing of programs. These instructions assume that you have permission to run [:RootSudo:sudo]. (If you installed Ubuntu yourself, you do.) |
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| == Specific Software recognised by Gnome == Specific software is listed under the tab you will find it in under the gnome desktop. Add other software under the appropriate category further down === Applications > Accesories === === Applications > Games === === Applications > Graphics === * [:TheGimpHowto:The Gimp] - powerful graphic design program === Applications > Internet === * [:RestrictedFormats:Non-free multimedia formats] - Ubuntu does not come with support for mp3/dvd/flash/java. This page tells you how to install it === Applications > Office === * [:EvinceMozilla:Evince & Firefox] - Howto embed PDFs with Evince in Mozilla/Firefox === Applications > Other === === Applications > Sound and Video === * ["MultimediaApplications"] - General intro to multimedia applications in Ubuntu * [:RestrictedFormats:Non-free multimedia formats] - Ubuntu does not come with support for mp3/dvd/flash/java. This page tells you how to install it * [:MplayerInstallHowto:Install Mplayer] - the popular and powerful media player * ["BeepMediaPlayer"] - Install Beep Media Player and configure plugins * ["GJay"] - Playlist generator which chooses appropriate songs to follow the previous one * ["Amarok"] - a KDE media player * ["MythTV"] - a digital video recorder === Applications > System Tools === |
== On the command line == |
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| == Specific Software == (not recognised by Gnome, listed by category) === Accesories === === Games === === Graphics === === Internet === === Office === === Other === === Sound and Video === === Applications > System Tools === === Applets === * [:GXMMS:gxmms] - GNOME panel applet that lets you control the basic functions of XMMS or BMP === Unsorted === * [:AcrobatHowTo:Adobe Acrobat] - pdf viewer |
* AptGetHowTo - How to use apt-get package management system * AptitudeSurvivalGuide - Using aptitude for package management * PackageManagementHowTo - Survey of the various package management tools |
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| * [:DMA:Improve CD/DVD drive performance] - activate Direct Memory Access * [:MidiSoftwareSynthesisHowTo:MIDI Software Synthesis] - most soundcards will need this to play MIDI |
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| == Related categories == == Automatically generated list of pages in this category == [[FullSearch()]] To add a page to this category, add a link to this page on the last line of the page. You can add multiple categories to a page. ---- |
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Ubuntu includes some powerful tools for managing software. Here are some of those tools and terminology:
The basics
InstallingSoftware - if you just looking about how to install software, go here
SoftwarePackagingFormats - Linux programs come packaged in a number of different ways. This is an overiew of them
AddingRepositoriesHowto - Increase the number of packages available to install on your system. What are repositories? Read: ["Repositories"]
SynapticHowto - Synaptic (graphical tool for apt-get) allows installation, upgrading and removing of programs. These instructions assume that you have permission to run [:RootSudo:sudo]. (If you installed Ubuntu yourself, you do.)
On the command line
AptGetHowTo - How to use apt-get package management system
AptitudeSurvivalGuide - Using aptitude for package management
PackageManagementHowTo - Survey of the various package management tools
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