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How can I install applications like Google Chrome on Ubuntu?
Mar 01, 2018 When you run a Linux distribution like Ubuntu, it downloads and installs a complete Ubuntu user space image on your computer. This includes the exact same binaries–or applications–that would run on Ubuntu. That “Bash on Ubuntu on Windows” environment works thanks to the underlying Windows Subsystem for Linux.
Are there any commands to install an application?
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You can install applications different ways. Terminal, the Ubuntu Software Center, and Synaptic.
With the Ubuntu Software Center, you just open it from the Launcher, and search for the application that you want.
If you know the right commands to install via terminal, then you'd just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, you can run the command(s) needed to install the application.
For synaptic, it has to be installed on you system. To install it, just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the command(s) below:
Once installed, you can open it, and search for the application that you want to install, and just mark it for installation.
Also in some cases, you have to download either a .deb file in case of your question about Chrome, and have to manually install it, or a .tar.gz file, and that also have to done manually.
Now as far as Chrome is concerned, you can install it by downloading the .deb file, or just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the command(s) below:
For 32bit
For 64bit
If you encounter any error during the installation, when its done do
For pros and cons of the different ways to install see this Post.
Source for Chrome installation: Google
Installing software in Ubuntu can be done several ways:Ubuntu Software Center
You can search for an application, or go through the categories:
Synaptic Package Manager
You can search for an application, or go through the categories:
Installing via Terminal
Installing from terminal can be done in several ways:
APT
You can search for an application. The command to search for software is:
Adding Repositories:
Edit the sources list file, and add
Or add from terminal
Others ways you can install
Manual download of a .deb (Debian package):
Other options:
For more info see Installing Software, or A beginners guide to installing programs in Ubuntu
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There are many ways to install packages in Ubuntu. I will try to list the most used methods, giving links to detailed explanations for each one.
Installing packages with an internet connection1. Installing packages via your web browser
The APT protocol (or apturl) is a very simple way to install a software package from a web browser.
2. Installing packages via a basic graphical method
Ubuntu Software Center is a one-stop shop for installing and removing software on your computer.
3. Installing packages via an advanced graphical method
Synaptic is a graphical front-end to apt, the package management system in Ubuntu.
4. Installing packages via text based methods
Installing packages without an internet connection1. Using Keryx
Keryx is a portable, cross-platform package manager that provides a graphical interface for gathering updates, packages, and dependencies for offline computers.
2. Using the Synaptic package download script
Synaptic package manager has built-in feature to generate a package download script.
3. Using apt-offline
apt-offline is an offline text based apt package manager.
4. Installing downloaded packages
Source: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingSoftware
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16.04 and higher: Ubuntu Software Center has been renamed to Ubuntu Software
(Everything else remains the same)
The most important thing is to remember that some day you'll have to remove this piece of software that you're going to install, so always use a removal method identical to your installation method.
Therefore, use the following priority for installing software on Ubuntu:
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You can install applications from the Ubuntu Software application present in your launcher:
Here you can search for applications which are present in Ubuntu's repository.
Sometimes it is easy to install a software directly from the terminal. You can do so by typing in terminal:
ex, Firewalll:
If anything goes wrong, you can fix most of them by installing their dependencies as
If a software isn't present in Ubuntu software or is an older version than the latest official release, you can add a PPA (a software repository) and install software from there. You can add a PPA in your Ubuntu by typing this in terminal:
There are some software (such as Google Chrome) which are present as an executable
.deb from their website:
You can download their executable DEB files and run them by double clicking or through terminal by typing:
Some applications (such as netbeans) does not come as DEB file, but as a
.sh file. You can run them in terminal by typing:
A new type of software packaging called 'Snaps' is also present which is a collection of the software and its dependencies in a single file. It is a single, distro independent setup for installing a software. Many software such as VLC, Blender etc are present as a Snap package. You can find them in the Ubuntu software.
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.exe or .msi files in Ubuntu; that is .deb files. Double clicking on such a file will run the installer.
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Installing from a CD
First ensure that the CD does contain the applications; sometimes it just brings some info about the apps and a link you can follow to do the installation through the Software Center.
If the applications are, in fact, on the the CD, then search in the CD folders to find the applications as
.deb or .bin or .tar or .sh files.
If it's a
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