How in the hell do i install programs in Linux-Debian? Break it down for me like i was 3 Please :)?
Sunday, March 14th, 2010 at
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(get the program apt-get if you don’t yet have it – just follow tutorials how to do it)
In a terminal write:
sudo apt-get install program-name
Re-installing, uninstalling etc. is similar
Even easier would be to get synaptic package manager (a GUI for apt-get, click and install). There’s other package managers too like yum and most modern linux distributions – including debian – should have all this installed by default.
Open a terminal.
Type the command
"sudo apt-get install [appname]"
replacing [appname] with the name of the package you wish to install. For example:
sudo apt-get install evolution
This will download the evolution program, and any programs that it, in turn, needs; check the downloads, and install the application into your system, including menu entries; and make any needed system modifications. It is secure in that it only trusts the debian software repositories.
DO NOT DOWNLOAD .deb FILES. You just aren’t there yet. There are THOUSANDS of applications in the standard debian system — use them.
Debian has something called repositories, which are collections of software at various sites which have been optimized to work together. It uses a program called apt to check these repositories and update or install new programs. There are graphical front-ends for apt with names like synaptic or update manager. You need root access to run any of them. If you are smart, you will give yourself permission to run sudo by putting the line:
username ALL=(ALL) ALL
right under where it says root etc. and use your user name rather than just username. If you do that you can use gksudo which synaptic uses. If you don’t do that you have to open a terminal and type:
su -c apt-get update
and give root’s password
su-c apt-get dist-upgrade
and give root’s password every day.
If you do do that then you should be prompted for your password, not root’s when you first run synaptic and after that it will gjust run like a normal gui program.
Debian User Guide
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/users-guide/users-guide.en.html
Debian Installing and Removing Software
http://tldp.org/LDP/www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-tutorial/ch-dpkg.html
How to Install Software in Debian Linux
http://www.wikihow.com/Install-Software-in-Debian-Linux
Installing Debian Software with the Advanced Package Tool
http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/apt-get-intro.html
Introduction to Debian Software Package Management
http://www.debianuniverse.com/readonline/chapter/05
LUg.