does ubuntu come with this software?

Michael Moore stuporglue at gmail.com
Mon Sep 19 16:31:26 UTC 2005


> hello lee, thanks for your reply
> does ubuntu use executable installers like windows?
> i mean, to install a package, can you double-click the package and it
> will automatically begin to install?
> i'm a little intimidated at the thought of installing from the command
> line

Ubuntu comes with a very nice program called "Synaptic" which lets you
install and remove programs with just a couple of mouse clicks.

http://www.nongnu.org/synaptic/action.html -- see some screenshots here

This summer I wanted to test how "ready for the desktop" Linux was. I
installed Ubuntu and then tried to do everything without the command
line. I went for over a month before my urge to break things took
over. :-) If I didn't like trying to install packages manually and
from the non-stable categories, I think I would have lasted longer.

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Michael Moore
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