Adding, Removing and Updating Applications

Credits and License

Table of Contents

What is a package manager?

Software repositories

Adding extra repositories

Add/Remove Applications

Installing packages without an Internet connection

Installing packages using the Ubuntu installation CD
Enabling other CDs that can be used to install packages
Using APTonCD to install packages

Advanced package management

Synaptic Package Manager
Command-line package management with APT

Installing a single package file

Installing/uninstalling .deb files
Converting .rpm files to .deb files
Installing tarballs
Install .run packages

In this section you can learn how to use a package manager to add or remove applications in Ubuntu with a few clicks. You can also learn about more advanced techniques of managing applications and discover some optional applications which you can add to Ubuntu.


		What is a package manager?