New to Ubuntu

Sasha Tsykin psychosushi at optusnet.com.au
Sun Aug 14 15:02:29 UTC 2005


1. for java look at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/?action=fullsearch&context=180&value=java&titlesearch=Titles
and pick whichever link is appropriate for your system. In general you
can do anythign from your acount by prefixing any command with "sudo"
meaning superuser do.

2. see 1

3. use synaptic to install and uninstall programs if it is at all possible.
a) enter synaptic (should be in System ==> Administration on you gnome
panel).
b) click search and type the program you want to intall unintall
c) right click on the relevant program in the list that shows up and
choose the applicable option.

If you can't use synaptic to install a file because it doesn't exist in
the synaptic repositories use dpgk.
a) go to www.google.com/linux in firefox
b) search for the required application
c) download it (make sure it has the .deb suffix)
d) open a terminal
e) cd into the folder with the file you want to install and type sudo
dpkg -i <package name>
f) you will be prompted for your password so type it in
g) assuming your system has all required dependencies it will install
h) If not all dependencies are available install the ones that are not
installed

If there is no .deb file then you will have to compile it from source.
a) go to www.google.com/linux in firefox
b) search for the required application
c) download it (make sure it has the .tgz .tar.gz or .tar.bz2 suffix)
d) open a terminal
e) cd into the folder with the file you want to install and type tar
xvzf <file name> (for a .tgz or .tar.gz file)/type tar xvjf <file name>
(for a .tar.bz2 file)
f) cd into the newly created folder
g) type ./configure (if it tells you a dependency is missing install it)
h) type make
i) type sudo make install

4. use xmms or beep-music-player. Both are available from synaptic and
both are very user friendly and powerful.

5. a) open a terminal
b) type wget -c
http://frankandjacq.com/ubuntuguide/smeg_0.5-0ubuntu1_all.deb
c) type sudo dpkg -i smeg_0.5-0ubuntu1_all.deb
d) type smeg
This is an easy to use program which allows you to edit gnome menus




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