Hello and welcome to the spoken tutorial on Installing Software in Ubuntu Linux 16.04 Operating System.
In this tutorial, we will learn how to install software in Ubuntu Linux 16.04 Operating System via: Terminal,
Synaptic Package Manager and Ubuntu Software Center.
To record this tutorial, I’m using Ubuntu Linux 16.04 Operating System.
To proceed with this tutorial, you must be connected to the internet.
You need to be a System Administrator or have Administrator rights to install software.
Synaptic Package Manager is a graphical program for a p t.
It is a GUI for the apt-get command line utility.
By default, Synaptic Package Manager will not be pre-installed in Ubuntu Linux 16.04.
So, let us learn how to install it via terminal.
Open the terminal by pressing Ctrl, Alt and T keys together on your keyboard.
Now, in the terminal, type: sudo space a p t hyphen get space install space s y n a p and press the Tab key.
This will display list of software that starts with s y n a p.
Now complete the word as synaptic and press Enter.
You will be prompted to enter your administrator password.
Enter your admin password.
While typing password in the terminal, it will not be visible to us. So, type it carefully.
Press Enter.
Now the terminal displays the list of packages to be installed.
And, information about the size of the files to be downloaded and disk space after installation.
Press Y to confirm this.
Press Enter.
The installation begins now. Depending upon your internet speed, this may take some time to finish.
Now we have successfully installed Synaptic Package Manager.
Let us close the terminal.
To confirm the installation, go to Dash home. In the search bar, type synaptic.
We can see the Synaptic Package Manager icon in the search result.
Now let us learn how to install software using Synaptic Package Manager.
Click on the Synaptic Package Manager icon.
An authentication dialog-box appears asking for the password.
Let us type the admin password and press Enter.
When we use the Synaptic Package Manager for the first time, an introduction dialog-box appears.
This dialog-box has information on how to use Synaptic Package Manager.
Click on the Close button to close this dialog-box.
Let us configure Proxy and Repository in Synaptic Package Manager.
We have to do this before installing an application or package.
Go to Settings and click on Preferences.
There are several tabs on the Preferences window which appears on the screen.
Click on Network to configure the Proxy settings.
There are two options under the Proxy Server – Direct Connection and Manual Proxy.
I will be using Direct Connection. You may select your preferred option.
Click on the OK button at the bottom to close the window.
Now, again go to Setting and click on Repositories.
Software & Updates window appears on the screen.
There are several sources to download Ubuntu software.
Click on Download From drop-down menu and hold the mouse button to see the list of repositories.
Other shows a list of servers across the globe.
To close this window, click on the Cancel button at the bottom.
I am using Server for India as shown here.
Click on the Close button to close the Software Sources window.
If you are using Synaptic Package Manager for the first time, you need to reload the packages.
To do this, click on Reload button on the toolbar.
This may take a few seconds.
Look here. We see that the packages are being transferred through the Internet and are getting updated.
I will now install the VLC player as an example.
Let us go to the Search field which is present on the toolbar.
In the Search dialog-box, type vlc and then click on the Search button.
Here we can see all the VLC packages that are listed.
To select the VLC package, right click on the check box. And, select the option Mark for installation from the menu that appears.
A dialog box appears showing all the list of repository packages.
Click on Mark button to mark all the dependencies packages automatically.
Go to the toolbar and click on the Apply button.
A Summary window appears showing the details of the packages to be installed
Click on the Apply button at the bottom to start the installation.
The process of installation will take some time.
This depends on the number and the size of the packages to be installed.
Applying Changes window will be closed, as soon as the installation gets completed.
Close the Synaptic Package Manager window.
Now, let us verify whether the VLC player has been successfully installed.
Go to the Dash home.
In the search bar, type vlc.
We can see the VLC icon in the displayed list. Click on it to open it.
Likewise, we can install other applications using Synaptic Package Manager.
Next we will learn how to install software via Ubuntu Software Center.
Ubuntu Software Centre is an application that allows us to manage software on Ubuntu Linux OS.
You can use it to search, download, install, update or uninstall a software.
It also gives you information about the software even before you use it.
To open Ubuntu Software Center, go to the launcher.
Click on the icon Ubuntu Software.
The Ubuntu Software Centre window appears.
At the top, we can see 3 tabs - All, Installed and Updates.
Click on All tab.
We can see a search bar at the top.
This will help us to search the available software.
Now, let us install the software Inkscape.
In the search bar, type inkscape.
A short information about Inkscape is displayed.
Now, click on the Install button at the right corner.
The Authentication dialog box appears.
Enter your admin password and then click on Authenticate button.
The progress bar indicates that Inkscape is being installed.
Installation may take a while depending on the number and size of the packages being installed.
The progress is also indicated in the Installed tab at the top. Click on it.
You can access other applications while any installation is being done.
Click on the word Inkscape.
This will display the information about Inkscape.
Once Inkscape is installed, we can see two buttons Remove and Launch next to it.
If you want to uninstall the software, simply click on the Remove button.
To launch the application, click on the Launch button. Let me click on it.
This will launch the Inkscape application.
Go back to Ubuntu Software Center. Click on the back arrow button at the top left, and come back to the main screen.
Now click on the tab Updates.
We can see that it says- Software is up to date.
Click on the refresh icon at the top left. This will check for any new updates.
Now we have got an OS updates.
Click on it to see the details. Let me close this.
If you wish to install this update, click on the Install button. Else skip this.
With this we come to the end of this tutorial. Let us summarise.
In this tutorial, we have learnt how to install software in Ubuntu Linux 16.04 Operating System via Terminal,
Synaptic Package Manager and Ubuntu Software Center.
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