Hi! I'm new to UBUNTU!

[Basil Chupin]

On 30/05/10 04:56, Robert Holtzman wrote:
> On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 03:53:09PM +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
>    
>> On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 3:23 PM, Basil Chupin<blchupin at iinet.net.au>  wrote:
>>      
>               ...........snip............
>
>    
>>> BTW (in case you don't know what BTW stands for, BTW stands for *B*y
>>> *T*he *W*ay), what is your suggestion to type "sudo apt-get install
>>> filename" on a command line supposed to actually achieve? I've tried the
>>> command *exactly* as you suggested and got absolutely nowhere :'( .
>>> You're a really great help :-( .
>>>        
>> Oh come on! You have to do a *little* big of the legwork here.
>>
>> To install a program, you type:
>>
>> apt-get install programname
>>
>> You replace "programname" with the name of the program you want. I
>> just installed Golly this afternoon; I used the Software Centre but if
>> I used the command line I'd have typed
>>
>> apt-get install golly
>>      
>                .........more snippage..........
>
> Oh, come on Liam. BC's post *was* tongue in cheek.........wasn't it?
>    

Give the man a cigar! :-)

BC


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