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Adding, Removing and Updating Applications

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Table of Contents

What is a package manager?
Common package-management terms
Software repositories
Adding extra repositories
Restricted and non-free software
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

This section discusses how applications are installed, removed and kept up to date. Also covered are how packages are stored by Ubuntu and made available for download.

It also covers some more advanced techniques for managing applications.

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