How to install things in

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I've recently installed ubuntu and its a charm...Im in love,everything about it I like...besides maybe one thing thats confusing me,For most things to install you have to use these wierd codes in the terminal...and **** like that,you know.I really get confused with all of this...and I was wondering if someone had a guide to help,or something like that....I've been trying to install the kiba dock and gdesklets...and I just can't figure out what the hell it is they are trying to do.

There are a lot of things you can install without the terminal. The best place to start is in the Applications menu, under quot;Add/Remove.quot; If you don't find what you're looking for there, go to the System menu, select Administration, then select quot;Synaptic Package Manager.quot; Synaptic has a huge list of apps, so it's best to use the search function.

EDIT: Also, for some apps you need to add special repositories. This link gives you a good how-to: community/Re...ositoriesHowto

Here is one of many  from : localhost/monkeyblog.org/ubuntu/installing/
If you need more, well, I've googled it for you
from : localhost/www.google.co.il/search?q=ubu...ient=firefox-a

Ok...Well Just incase,if I need to use the terminal...Is there anything you can tell me that might help me understand exactly what the hell it is Im doing,and how to know if IM doing it right.

Asiyu has a good little intro guide over at Psychocats


Originally Posted by DvorakisOk...Well Just incase,if I need to use the terminal...Is there anything you can tell me that might help me understand exactly what the hell it is Im doing,and how to know if IM doing it right.

Sure. If you were to type
Code:
sudo apt-get install gdesklets
you would be telling the system to 1) log you in as a superuser (requires your password), 2) run the quot;aptquot; package management application for downloading 3) installing the file(s) that were downloaded, and 4) specifying the file that you want to download and install.

Please look here also.

Choose  Administration and click the version of  you are using. This is guide to help you understand  and how to install and customize the installation for you.

The Linux CLI (Command Line Interface) commands are actually fairly simple, once you understand the principle behind most CLI inputs. In Windows CLI you had commands like quot;dir System_32quot; or quot;copy source_file dest_filequot;.  Linux CLI commands are much the same but with a more structured approach.  The usual layout of a command is like this:
command [options] targetThe quot;options part is quot;optionalquot; and are modifiers that control how the command works, or what it does to the target.  For instance quot;ls -l /homequot; lists the superblock (the directory list) of files in location /home.  The quot;-lquot; option tells the ls command to use the long form of output that shows more detail about the files.

In the CLI command:  quot;apt-get install foobarquot;  you are telling the system to use the program called quot;apt-getquot; to locate an installable program called quot;foobarquot; and the option tells it to quot;installquot; the program when it finds it.

Almost all CLI commands have a manual page.  This is the description of what the command does and how to use it.  You can view the manual or quot;man pagequot; for almost any CLI command by simply typing something like this:
man apt-getThis will let you see the man page for the apt-get command.  When viewing man pages you use your keyboard arrow keys to scroll up or down in the text and just hit quot;qquot; when you are done and want to exit the page.
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Thanks a lot,This helps a ton...I love linux haha.

If you highlight a CLI command with your mouse and then go to the terminal, click the middle mouse button, the scroll wheel, it will paste it there for you so you don't mis-type anything.