Installing via Terminal
Installing from terminal can be done in several ways:
APTYou can search for an application. The command to search for software is:
apt-cache search <application_name>
Adding Repositories:
Edit the sources list file, and add
sudo -H gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
Or add from terminal
sudo add-apt-repository <repository_name>
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install <application_name>
Others ways you can install
Manual download of a .deb (Debian package):
- Once downloaded, you can double-click on the package to have it open in the Software Center, from where you can install it.
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Or, just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, navigate to the download location, and run the command(s) below:
sudo dpkg -i <package_name>.deb