2007-03-06 00:41:48 · 4 answers · asked by Bala 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
most of the time Linux software is installed from archive files called "Packages" . Packages may have extensions like rpm, deb, or tgz.
In kde, you should be able to click (or double click) on the software package to start the package manager. Usually you will need the root password to install or uninstall software.
Sometimes you may need to install fromm source. Source packages usually include instructions on installing and uninstalling the software.
2007-03-06 03:32:45 · answer #1 · answered by Niklaus Pfirsig 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Linux is big! If you have Kubuntu or Ubuntu, you can go to Kmenu, System, Adept Package manager. Then you can download loads of free compatable software, games, etc. Or you can just plug in a CDrom. If your CDrom is not Linux compatable, that means you will need to take an extra step, and get Wine, which is a Windows emmulator for those stubborn programs that wont work with Linux but will work with Windows.
2007-03-06 00:48:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually that depends on which brand of Linux you are using, although we can get into a philosophical debate on how or not redundant or counter-intuitive that this practice is but this is irrelevant to the question anyway.
The most no-frill form of a software manager is the Tarball used by Slackware. It is similar to the relationship Java's JAR has to Zip files: just a manifest file within standard compression file. That has the advantage of being used universally without the automagic of manifest and primer program.
Usually a piece of software from within a Tarball:
./configure
make
make install
Do those commands within root priviledge; usually not needed to do for first 2 commands but you might as well since root is needed for third command.
2007-03-06 02:50:13 · answer #3 · answered by Andy T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In http://pclinuxos.com we simply left click on the rubix cube, in the toolbar, and select the package(s) we want, from the 5500 that are displayed. Libraries are automatically included.
Then we go up to the icon for "Apply" and click it.
In 20 seconds we are playing Free Civilization, LinCity, kRisk, or any of the other thousands of games, or, running some of the application suites.
2007-03-06 00:48:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋