How to install ANYTHING in Ubuntu!

Having problems installing something on your new Ubuntu operating system? "Where s the !"!?"# "Where $o I nee$ to e%tra&t this to?"# "How $o I run it?"# "Where $i$ it go?" ' have you been thin(ing )uestions li(e these? *on t worry# installing so+tware# themes an$ other things on Ubuntu is a&tually very easy!

Installing so+tware with ,ynapti& The - steps. ,ear&h# mar( an$ apply /ut what i+ my program isn t available through ,ynapti&? I installe$ it# but where $i$ my program go? How $o I uninstall the program? Installing so+tware with the terminal Installing a pa&(age manually 01$eb# 1rpm# 1tar1g2# 1pa&(age# (li(.33 1&mg# 1sh# 1bin# 1e%e# 1114 Appen$i% !nabling e%tra repositories Using 5*s as o++line repositories Navigating the terminal A$$ing a laun&her3short&ut to your $es(top 5hanging permissions Why I &reate$ this gui$e

Note. The gui$e was written +or Ubuntu 6176 ' The *apper *ra(e using the tools o+ the Gnome $es(top environment as its base1 The program names an$ paths will un$oubte$ly vary i+ you re using 8ubuntu or "ubuntu1

The pa&(age manager

9inu% appli&ations are almost all open sour&e :;< an$ they re# unli(e typi&al Win$ows programs# highly $epen$ant on e%ternal libraries to wor(1 You $on t have to un$erstan$ what libraries are# but =ust that Win$ows programs typi&ally in&lu$e parts o+ libraries in their installers# ta(ing up lots o+ spa&e a+ter they ve been installe$ be&ause the same libraries have $upli&ates many pla&es on your har$$is(> 9inu% programs

usually $on t $o this1 ?ost 9inu% operating systems have evolve$ a system where you &an $ownloa$ the program# along with any nee$e$ $epen$en&ies# without having $upli&ates s&attere$ all over your har$$is( saving you lots o+ spa&e1 At the same time# this system allows you to have a &entral lo&ation +rom whi&h to install an$ up$ate pa&(ages1 This system is &alle$ the pa&(age manager an$ on Ubuntu you ll meet it in the +orm o+ apt'get# aptitu$e# A$$3@emove111# Up$ate ?anager an$ ,ynapti&1 All these programs are +ronten$s to the same pa&(age manager:A< built right into Ubuntu1

Installing so+tware with ,ynapti&

,ynapti& is a graphi&al program +or installing pa&(ages an$ probably the one you ll +eel the most &om+ortable with1 You &an laun&h it +rom ,ystem A$ministration ,ynapti& Ba&(age ?anager 0paths will vary $epen$ing on your lo&ale# the ,ystem menu is the thir$ menu on the menubar at the very top o+ your s&reen4> as a sa+ety pre&aution it will as( you +or your passwor$ be+ore pro&ee$ing! It s not be&ause it s $angerous# Ubuntu is =ust very stri&t with trying to (eep you# an$ more importantly# non'a$ministrator users# +rom messing up your system1

The ,ynapti& Ba&(age ?anager

The - steps. ,ear&h# mar( an$ apply 1. Cirst you sear&h +or the pa&(age you want to install1 Note that there are thousan$s o+ themes# appli&ations# libaries an$ $o&umentation available right away in ,ynapti&1 All o+ these pa&(ages are lo&ate$ on the Ubuntu servers +or you to $ownloa$ an$ up$ate> the pa&(age manager essentially wor(s li(e a (in$ o+ improve$ Win$ows up$ate that will not only (eep your operating system up$ate$# but also all o+ the non'&riti&al programs you ve installe$ through it1 You &an +in$ pa&(ages by loo(ing +or them insi$e the &ategories on the si$ebar to the le+t or sear&h +or them1 5li&( the sear&h i&on in the toolbar to sear&h1

The sear&h popup that will pop up when you hit sear&h A1When you ve +oun$ the pa&(age you want to install# right'&li&( on it an$ mar( it to be installe$1 ?ost li(ely it will in+orm you o+ a bun&h o+ $epen$en&ies that will also be installe$ in the same pro&e$ure> this is all being ta(en &are o+ automati&ally! Note that you &an also remove pa&(ages in the same way 0right'&li&(ing an$ sele&ting remove instea$41 Also note that you &an mar( more than one pa&(age to be installe$# spee$ing up the install pro&e$ure signi+i&antly1

,ele&ting a pa&(age +or installation in ,ynapti& 3. Dn&e you have mar(e$ all the pa&(ages you want to install# you &an &li&( the apply i&on1 This will $ownloa$# install an$ set up everything! It s that easy1 /ut what i+ my program isn t available through ,ynapti&? Trust me# it probably is1 I+ it isn t# here are some o+ the reasons why it s not an$ how to +i% it.

The Ubuntu pa&(age manager gets its pa&(age lists +rom the main Ubuntu repositories# but there are more repositories than =ust these $e+ault ones1 There are even more o++i&ial Ubuntu repositories! Try enabling e%tra repositories be+ore you give up all hope! I+ you re not &onne&te$ to the Internet# you re not &ompletely out o+ lu&(1 There is a &han&e that your pa&(age is available on a 5*1 !ven i+ the pa&(age is not available in any repositories# you &an still

$o the ol$ Win$ows tri&(. installing it manually1 /ut remember# there are more types o+ pa&(age'+ormats in 9inu% than you &an thin( o+1 You might want to loo( at the e%planation o+ how you go about installing a pa&(age manually1 I installe$ it# but where $i$ my program go? Usually your Appli&ations menu is up$ate$ with a laun&her to your new program# but sometimes this $oesn t happen automati&ally1 Here are some ways to +in$ a lin( to your new program.

Install the *ebian menu1 The *ebian menu has a mu&h more thorough list o+ your installe$ appli&ations# an$ it will be available as a &ategory in your e%isting Appli&ations menu1 You nee$ to install the pa&(age &alle$ menu'%$g an$ possibly restart " 0&trl E alt E ba&(spa&e4 +or it to show up1 They will very li(ely be available as a terminal &omman$ with the same name as the pa&(age1 Try running the pa&(age name as a

&omman$ in the terminal1 ,ay I ve installe$ the pa&(age muine:-< through ,ynapti&# then I open up the terminal an$ enter muine en$ing with a press on the return3enter (ey1 ?uine +ires up1 Note that the appli&ation will &lose when you &lose the terminal win$ow! To avoi$ this behavior# press Alt E CA an$ the @un Appli&ation win$ow will show up> Type in muine to start it1 ,ometimes the &omman$ isn t &alle$ e%a&tly the same as the pa&(age> try typing the beginning letters an$ then press tab twi&e1 This will either give you the name o+ the &omman$ or a list o+ names to &hoose +rom1 @ight'&li&( on your pa&(age in ,ynapti&# sele&t Broperties +rom the menu an$ &li&( on the tab labele$ Installe$ Ciles1 There will be a list o+ installe$ programs> the ones installe$ insi$e the +ol$er 3usr3bin are most li(ely the name0s4 o+ the &omman$0s41

The installe$ +iles o+ the musi& player ?uine How $o I uninstall the program? When you want to remove a program# you $o e%a&tly the same as when installing ' =ust sele&t ?ar( +or @emoval instea$ o+ ?ar( +or Installation in step A1 I+ you want to remove &on+iguration +iles as well 0maybe you want some weir$ mo$i+i&ations un$one4 sele&t ?ar( +or 5omplete @emoval1 @emember to apply the &hanges!

Installing so+tware with the terminal

Fery o+ten# you ll see other Ubuntu users saying "You &an install program A/5 with this &o$e 111" an$ then they ll provi$e you with a &omman$ you &an input in the terminal1 This not unli(e what ,ynapti& $oes1 In +a&t# ,ynapti& uses these &omman$s below the +rien$ly user inter+a&e! You &an +in$ the terminal at Appli&ations A&&essories Terminal1 The two

&omman$s that you &an use are. su$o apt'get install A/5 an$ su$o aptitu$e install A/5 A/5 is =ust a +i&tious pa&(age in this &ase# not a real one1 The su$o part o+ the &omman$ means you temporarily grant super'user3a$ministrator rights to the &omman$# provi$e$ you supply a &orre&t user passwor$1 It s the same thing that happens when you open up ,ynapti&# only in the terminal instea$! I+ you run aptitu$e by itsel+ li(e this su$o aptitu$e# you get something that loo(s li(e a &omman$'line version o+ ,ynapti&1

The Aptitu$e user inter+a&e It s also possible to sear&h +rom the &omman$'line li(e it is in ,ynapti&1 Try this. apt'&a&he sear&h A/5 or aptitu$e sear&h A/5 To uninstall a pa&(age.

su$o apt'get remove A/5 an$ su$o aptitu$e remove A/5 @emoving &on+iguration +iles as well. su$o apt'get remove ''purge A/5 an$ su$o aptitu$e purge A/5 Though the &omman$'line &an be s&ary +or new users# as you &an see it s +airly simple an$ straight'+orwar$ to use an$ has many o+ the same +eatures as ,ynapti& when it &omes to installing so+tware1 ,ome users pre+er installing so+tware through the terminal# others $on t1 You $e&i$e +or yoursel+ what you li(e best1

Installing a pa&(age manually

Are you absolutely sure you &an t +in$ the pa&(age in ,ynapti&? *i$ you try enabling e%tra repositories? I+ you ve trie$ all this with little or no su&&ess# here s how you $o it the Win$ows'style way1 *ownloa$ a pa&(age 01$eb# 1rpm# 1tar1g2# 1pa&(age# (li(.33 1&mg# 1sh# 1bin# 1e%e4 an$ let s have a loo(1 Installing a 111 *ebian Ba&(age 01$eb4 When you $ownloa$ a program with the pa&(age manager# you a&tually $ownloa$ *ebian pa&(ages! It s possible to install in$ivi$ual *ebian pa&(ages you ve $ownloa$e$ yoursel+# but unless they re built spe&i+i&ally +or Ubuntu# they re not guarantee$ to wor(1 Installing them is rather simple in Ubuntu 6176 *apper *ra(e. $ouble'&li&( the pa&(age in Nautilus or on your $es(top an$ a pa&(age installer will show up.

The *ebian Ba&(age installer 0G*ebI4 You simply press Install Ba&(age to install1 I+ you have a missing $epen$en&y# it will in+orm you o+ that1 It will also in+orm you i+ there s a newer version available +rom the repositories! Another way to install a *ebian pa&(age is to use the &omman$ $p(g whi&h is what the pa&(age manager uses to manipulate *ebian pa&(ages 0or short. $ebs41 The synta% is as +ollows. i+ your pa&(age is lo&ate$ on your $es(top an$ your username is &arl# then you install the pa&(age test1$eb with $p(g 'i 3home3&arl3*es(top3test1$eb1 You nee$ to ta(e &are o+ $epen$en&ies yoursel+# so it s not the optimal way o+ installing so+tware1 @B? Ba&(age 01rpm4 @B? is another popular way o+ pa&(aging so+tware# an$ it s use$ by popular $istributions su&h as Ce$ora 5ore# ,U,! 9inu% an$ ?an$riva1 @B? is not use$ by the Ubuntu Ba&(age ?anager# but there $oes e%ist a &omman$ +or &onverting an @B? into a *eb> this $oesn t mean that any @B? will wor( on your system# though! The same program &an also install the @B? $ire&tly so that you won t have to $o this yoursel+1 The &omman$ is not available right away so

you ll nee$ to install it yoursel+ ' the pa&(age is &alle$ alien an$ is o+ &ourse available through ,ynapti&1 I+ the user &arl wants to install an @B? &alle$ test1rpm lo&ate$ on his $es(top# he will enter su$o alien ' i 3home3&arl3*es(top3test1rpm1 *es(top Theme 01tar# 1tar1g2# 1tg2# 1tar1b2# 1114

Installing themes:G< is relatively painless in Gnome1 You open the Theme Bre+eren&es whi&h you ll +in$ at ,ystem Bre+eren&es Theme1 With this appli&ation you &an &hange i&ons# &ontrols an$ win$ow bor$ers to your li(ing1 To install your theme# simply $rag an$ $rop the pa&(age onto the Theme Bre+eren&es win$ow an$ &on+irm the $ialog win$ow that pops up1 To use your new theme# e$it one o+ the e%isting themes to use your new i&ons# &ontrols or win$ow bor$ers1

5li&( Install to install the new $es(top theme 9ogin ,&reen Theme 01tar# 1tar1g2# 1tg2# 1tar1b2# 1114 Installing themes +or your login s&reen is as simple as installing $es(top themes1 You open up 9ogin Win$ow Bre+eren&es in ,ystem

A$ministration 9ogin ,&reen an$ $rag an$ $rop your theme onto the win$ow1 5on+irm the $ialog win$ow that pops up1 To use your new theme# sele&t it in the list o+ themes1

5li&( Install to install the new login s&reen theme ,our&e Ba&(age 01tar# 1tar1g2# 1tg2# 1tar1b2# 1114 Note. not all +iles with an e%tension name$ 1tar# 1tar1g2# an$ so on are ar&hives with sour&e &o$e in them ' they might be pre&ompile$! I+ the ar&hive is pre&ompile$# there shoul$ be an installer or a binary e%e&utable insi$e it1 ,ometimes all you ve got is a pa&(age +ull o+ un&ompile$ sour&e &o$e1 9u&(ily# you $on t nee$ to be a programmer to (now how to &ompile an$ install a pa&(age with sour&e &o$e1 /a&( in the ol$ $ays# this was the only way to install so+tware on 9inu% an$ there is a stan$ar$ way

o+ installing these +iles1 It will not wor( in every &ase# but it will in most 0i+ you have the right $epen$en&ies installe$41 To &ompile a pa&(age you must +irst e%tra&t it somewhere1 This is easily $one# simply right'&li&( on the pa&(age an$ sele&t !%tra&t Here1

To pro&ee$ you must have the &ompiler tools installe$1 They all &ome with the pa&(age buil$'essential# available in ,ynapti&1 When you re sure you have the &ompiler tools installe$# you +ire up the terminal an$ &hange $ire&tory to the one you ve =ust e%tra&te$ 0i+ you re not sure how to $o that see. Navigating the terminal1 When you re in the &orre&t $ire&tory you e%e&ute a &on+igure s&ript. 13&on+igure1 The purpose o+ the &on+igure s&ript is usually to &he&( +or $epen$en&ies an$ then &reate the ma(e+ile1 I+ the s&ript +ails +or some reason an$ tells you to install &ertain pa&(ages# loo( up the names in ,ynapti& 0Important! I+ you +in$ pa&(ages in ,ynapti& name$ almost the same but with a '$ev e%tension# remember to install those as well! They re $evelopment pa&(ages an$ are nee$e$ +or &ompiling41 *on t worry i+ it &omplains that there is no &on+igure s&ript ' many pa&(ages $on t &ome with one! Then you &ompile it with ma(e an$ a+ter it s been &ompile$ you &an install it1 There are two ways. Normal install. I+ you want to install it the normal "primitive" way# type su$o ma(e install1 To remove the temporary +iles you run ma(e

&lean1 To uninstall the program you run su$o ma(e uninstall1 These two &lean'up &omman$s $on t always wor(# though# the programmer nee$s to have enable$ them1 Ba&(age manager install. I+ you want to install it in a way that means it &an be easily remove$ +rom insi$e the pa&(age manager# +irst install the pa&(age &he&(install1 To install the pa&(age type su$o &he&(install1 This will ta(e slightly longer than a normal install an$ )uite possibly you ll have to supply a $es&ription o+ the appli&ation yoursel+ 0an$ e$it the other in+ormation slightly41 I+ the nee$ arises# this will be easy to ta(e &are o+ +rom insi$e the &he&(install program1 Autopa&(age 01pa&(age4 The Autopa&(age +ormat is suppose$ to be a "9inu% $istribution"' neutral way o+ installing pa&(ages1 It uses its own sel+'&ontaine$ pa&(age management tool# whi&h is $ownloa$ +rom the Internet an$ installe$ along with the +irst Autopa&(age you install1 To install an autopa&(age &alle$ test1pa&(age lo&ate$ on user 5arl s $es(top# +irst ma(e sure it has permission to e%e&ute in your +ile'system# then run 3home3&arl3*es(top3test1pa&(age1 The installer will as( you some )uestions# li(ely what your passwor$ is1 8li( pa&(age 0(li(.33 1&mg4 8li( is an online so+tware repository that uses its own proto&ol &alle$ (li(.33 0similar to http.334 to allow you to install a pa&(age +rom their site by &li&(ing on a hyperlin( in your web browser1 To use 8li( you must +irst install the pa&(ages binutils libst$&EEH rpm gnome'about using ,ynapti& an$ then run this &omman$ in the terminal. wget (li(1ate(on1$e3&lient3install 'D 'Ish whi&h $ownloa$s an$ installs the 8li( &lient1 8li( &ompletely bypasses both your pa&(age manager an$ your +ile'system> everything you nee$ to run the program is in&lu$e$ in a 1&mg'+ile lo&ate$ on your $es(top a+ter the installation is $one1 You simply $ouble'&li&( the +ile to start your appli&ation1 To remove it again# simply $elete the 1&mg'+ile ,hell ,&ript Installer 01sh# 1bash# 1114 You &an run the shell s&ript insi$e a terminal with the &omman$ sh1 I+ the s&ript is &alle$ test1sh an$ is on the $es(top o+ user &arl# you &an install it with sh 3home3&arl3*es(top3test1sh1 8eep in min$ that the s&ript might not have permission to e%e&ute in your +ile'system1 5ustom /inary Installer 01bin# 1114 I+ the installer is &alle$ test1bin an$ is lo&ate$ on the user &arl s

$es(top# you &an run it insi$e your terminal with 3home3&arl3*es(top3test1bin1 8eep in min$ that the installer might not have permission to e%e&ute in your +ile'system1 Win$ows !%e&utable 01e%e4 I+ you# a+ter having sear&he$ aroun$ the Internet +or a 9inu% version or a viable 9inu% repla&ement +or the Win$ows program you want to install# +in$ that there is no 9inu% program that will repla&e it# there

is a slight &han&e the Win$ows e%e&utable will run on 9inu%:H<1 This is not a proper solution to your problem# not in any way# but +or some people it s the only way1 To run Win$ows e%e&utables you nee$ to install a pa&(age &alle$ wine1 When that is $one# run the &omman$ wine BATH in the terminal where BATH is the path to your !"!1 I+ the user &arl has an !"! &alle$ test1e%e insi$e his home +ol$er# he ll run the &omman$ wine 3home3&arl3test1e%e to e%e&ute it1 /e a$vi&e$ that running Win$ows programs in WIN! is o+ten very buggy an$ probably won t wor( to your satis+a&tion> very o+ten it $oesn t wor( at all! I+ the e%e&utable you ran was an installer wi2ar$# your program will be installe$ in a hi$$en +ol$er lo&ate$ insi$e your home +ol$er1 I+ the user &arl has installe$ a program &alle$ Test# it will probably be installe$ to the +ol$er "3home3&arl31wine3$riveJ&3Brogram Ciles3Test" 0remember to in&lu$e )uotes aroun$ paths with spa&es in them when typing them in a terminal41 !"!s +rom insi$e this +ol$er &an be run with wine1 You might want to &reate at laun&her3short&ut +or your $es(top to easily start up your app1 Here is a Win$ows program run with wine.

The Win$ows appli&ation Graph

Appen$i%
The +ollowing isn t $ire&tly &onne&te$ to installing so+tware an$ themes1 !nabling e%tra repositories Dn a stan$ar$ Ubuntu installation# Ubuntu is &on+igure$ to use the main repository1 There are however# other o++i&ial repositories 0or se&tions on the Ubuntu server4 that aren t available right away1 There is one &alle$ Universe whi&h is the largest one1 It s a pool o+ &ommunity'maintaine$ so+tware# but it is not o++i&ially supporte$ by Ubuntu1 There is also a se&tion &alle$ ?ultiverse whi&h has so+tware un$er )uestionable li&en&es1 The thir$ se&tion is &alle$ @estri&te$ an$ is a very small pool o+ so+tware with restri&te$ &opyright1 To enable the rest o+ the Ubuntu repositories you open ,ynapti& an$ sele&t an option in its menubar. ,ettings @epositories1 Here is a list o+

the &urrent repositories1 To enable the missing se&tion sele&t ea&h o+ the pa&(ages that are labele$ binary# &li&( on !$it an$ ti&( the bo%es outsi$e the se&tions o+ the Ubuntu repositories you want to enable1

!nabling the universe# restri&te$ an$ multiverse repositories When you re $one# ,ynapti& will probably as( you to reloa$ your list o+ pa&(ages> agree to $o that1 Now your list o+ available pa&(ages shoul$ have in&rease$ signi+i&antly1 Using 5*s as o++line pa&(age repositories The best way to install new so+tware in Ubuntu is to be &onne&te$ to the Internet# but sometimes this is not possible1 When you install Ubuntu the +irst time# your install 5* shoul$ have been a$$e$ as a repository1 I+ it isn t# you &an a$$ it +rom the same win$ow you enable e%tra repositories +rom1 There s a button labele$ A$$ 5*rom> press this# insert your install 5* an$ it will be a$$e$ to the repositories1

A$$ing a 5* to the pa&(age manager You &an now install so+tware through ,ynapti& without being &onne&te$ to the Internet# provi$e$ the install 5* is inserte$1 Note that the install 5* has so+tware solely +rom the main repository# not Universe# ?ultiverse or @estri&te$! You now &an $ownloa$ the entire Universe an$ ?ultiverse repositories on a set o+ *F* s an$ 5* s &ourtesy o+ a volunteer e++ort1 There is an ongoing pro=e&t to &reate an A$$on 5* or *F* with sele&t pa&(ages +rom the other se&tions o+ the Ubuntu repositories1 You &an $ownloa$ a preliminary 5* I,D +ile +or Ubuntu H1;7 /ree2y /a$ger an$ try it out i+ you want to# but this gui$e will not go +urther into the sub=e&t:6<1

Navigating the terminal The stan$ar$ terminal on Ubuntu is Gnome Terminal whi&h &an be +oun$ in Appli&ations A&&essories Terminal1 A terminal is in a way very similar to a +ile manager in that it s always insi$e a spe&i+i& +ol$er an$ is able to navigate to other +ol$ers an$ $o regular +ile management1 /y $e+ault it will be insi$e your home +ol$er when you run it1 To &on+irm that your terminal is in$ee$ browsing your home +ol$er# type pw$ en$ing with a press on enter1 The pw$ &omman$ will output the path to the &urrent +ol$er1 To see a list o+ +iles an$ $ire&tories insi$e the &urrent $ire&tory# run the &omman$ ls1 I+ you want to navigate up the $ire&tory tree run &$ 111 I+ you want to navigate $own the $ire&tory tree run &$ NA?! where NA?! is the name o+ the +ol$er you want to navigate to1 !%ample. i+ Tom is insi$e his home +ol$er an$ there s a $ire&tory &alle$ test insi$e it# he will run &$ test to &hange $ire&tory1 I+ he wants to go ba&( he &an run &$ 111 I he ever gets lost he &an run &$ by itsel+> this will ta(e him ba&( to his home

+ol$er1 A$$ing a laun&her3short&ut to your $es(top These are well'(nown +rom Win$ows1 9aun&hers are short&uts to your appli&ation allowing you to easily run it1 To a$$ a laun&her# right'&li&( somewhere on your $es(top an$ sele&t 5reate 9aun&her1111 This will open a $ialog +rom whi&h you &an enter in+ormation about the laun&her1 @emember to enter a name as well as a path to the e%e&utable1 This is what &arl woul$ enter i+ he wante$ a laun&her +or the e%e&utable name$ test lo&ate$ in his home +ol$er.

5reating a new laun&her 5hanging permissions To &hange permissions so that the +ile is e%e&utable# you right'&li&( on the +ile on the $es(top an$ sele&t Broperties> a win$ow will open1 5li&( on the tab labele$ Bermissions insi$e the win$ow1 There will be some bo%es you &an ti&( whi&h tell the system what you re allowe$ to $o with the +ile1 Ti&( the bo% that says !%e&ute outsi$e the label that says Dwner1

Bermissions are tie$ to every +ile in the +ile'system You &an also run the &omman$ &hmo$ E% 3home3&arl3*es(top3test1bin to ma(e the +ile e%e&utable1 Why I &reate$ this gui$e The easiest way to help a new user install something is to provi$e a &omman$ that will a&&omplish it1 That is not in my opinion the best way to ma(e a new user un$erstan$ how Ubuntu wor(s1 It s also sa$ how you &an leave the impression that Ubuntu nee$s to be use$ through a &omman$'line +or the simplest o+ tas(s# when &apable graphi&al tools e%ist +or the same purposes1 I hope this gui$e will help new users un$erstan$ everything a little bit better1 As they say in 5hina. "Give a man a +ish an$ you +ee$ him +or a $ay1 Tea&h a man to +ish an$ you +ee$ him +or a li+etime1"

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@evision ; 0A776'7H'764. 5hange$ the intro$u&tion slightly# a$$e$ list o+ &ontents# a$$e$ part about &he&(install1 @evision A 0A776'7H';G4. 9in(e$ to all important se&tions at the top o+ the page 0/TW than(s to the blo(e who put this on $igg1&om an$ to all those who $ugg it!41 @evision - 0A776'7H';K4. New U@9# new intro$u&tion 0E $is&laimer about the Gnome'&entrism4# e%perimenting with instru&tional s&reen&asts in the GIC +ormat 0re&or$e$ with /y2an241 @evision G 0A776'7L'AM4. !%plaine$ about pre&ompile$ ar&hives an$ $evelopment pa&(ages in the sour&e pa&(age se&tion# move$ the e%planation o+ permissions to its own se&tion in the appen$i%# a$$e$ lin( to the *F* repository pro=e&t# a$$e$ lin( to Bortuguese translation# a$$e$ short $es&ription o+ the Autopa&(age +ormat an$ a$$e$ short $es&ription +or installation o+ 8li( pa&(ages1

Notes. ;1Dpen sour&e implies that the so+tware is available un$er an open sour&e li&ense# meaning anyone is +ree to loo( at# mo$i+y# &opy an$ re$istribute the &o$e un$er the terms o+ the li&ense1 Dpen sour&e is &onsi$ere$ the most transparent an$ e++e&tive way o+ $eveloping so+tware to$ay1 Ubuntu is entirely ma$e up o+ open sour&e so+tware 0abbreviate$ D,,41 A1A$van&e$ Ba&(aging Tool or ABT is what empowers many popular 9inu% $istributions1 It was +irst seen in *ebian 0that s where the name o+ the pa&(aging +ormat# $eb# &ame +rom4 but is now also use$ by other popular $istributions su&h as Ubuntu# 8noppi%# 9inspire an$ ?epis1 Another popular pa&(age manager is @B? 0@B? Ba&(age manager# a re&ursive a&ronym4 whi&h is use$ by Ce$ora 5ore# ,U,! 9inu% an$ ?an$riva1 -1?uine is a musi& player an$ a great way to en=oy your musi&1 It has a simple inter+a&e# is very intuitive# +o&uses on listening to albums an$ $oesn t &ome with a lot o+ statisti&al in+ormation1 It s light as a +eather an$ ma(es you en=oy musi&# without the musi& managing gaining all your +o&us1 I+ you want a (iller musi& =u(ebo% with more +eatures than you &an imagine# ta(e a loo( at Amaro( instea$1 4. I+ you re loo(ing +or themes# ta(e a loo( at Gnome 9oo( or art1gnome1org1 The win$ow bor$er theme I use$ +or the s&reenshots

in this gui$e is &alle$ ,hiny 5airo an$ &an be obtaine$ at the Ubuntu Corums1 5. The WIN! $evelopers (eep a very han$y $atabase where the users &an submit small reviews o+ their e%perien&es with all sorts o+ programs an$ games when run with WIN!1 It also in&lu$es tips on how to get some o+ the more $i++i&ult appli&ations running in WIN!1 I+ you re a web $eveloper an$ nee$ to see what your sites loo( li(e in Internet !%plorer 6# there is a s&ript available +or installing it1 6. As o+ now# the a$$on 5* is entirely uno++i&ial an$ &reate$ by a some very help+ul users in the Ubuntu &ommunity1 There is wor( on &reating a "/ree2y /a$ger" version# but no "*apper *ra(e" is being $evelope$ on yet! ,ee the progress so +ar1