Installing Software

[srikar]

Re: Installing Software

its a large number. thnks debl. I am new 2 linux >>> are .deb files self installers like .exe files in windows

[dibl]

Re: Installing Software

are .deb files self installers like .exe files in windows

Almost.

Your Kubuntu Linux is a Debian Linux. So, the packaged applications come in .deb packages. But they are mostly 32-bit, except the ones in our repository.

To install a 64-bit .deb file that you might download, you right-click it and choose "Install with Gdebi".

[srikar]

Re: Installing Software

thank u for the info , u really RoCk 8) whats the command that lets us 2 know abt all the commands in linux(like uname -a)

[dibl]

Re: Installing Software




Buy the book!

Beginning Ubuntu Linux, by Keir Thomas.

[Snowhog]

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thank u for the info , u really RoCk 8) whats the command that lets us 2 know abt all the commands in linux(like uname -a)

man man

man - an interface to the on-line reference manuals

man -a intro

Display, in succession, all of the available intro manual pages
contained within the manual. It is possible to quit between
successive displays or skip any of them.

[srikar]

Re: Installing Software

thank u Snowhog

[dibl]

Re: Installing Software

man -a intro

Display, in succession, all of the available intro manual pages
contained within the manual. It is possible to quit between
successive displays or skip any of them.

Good catch, Snowhog -- if I ever knew that one, I had forgotten it.