Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: NEWBIE with first question

That is the problem with the commandline installers like aptitude and
apt-get. You need to know the precise name and type/spell it correctly.
Usually there are no caps, but sometimes there is. Sometimes you need two
words with a hyphen between them such as chromium versus chromium-browser.
In an application like Synaptic which has a GUI, the developer has this all
figured out for the user. The installer knows what apt-get command works
with which application. No guess work. No fuss. No muss. This is why many
users have left the power of the Linux commandline to developers and have
preferred the graphical approach. I have found that most power users do
not install much beyond what they use every day. It is an easier matter to
track application names and install them that way.

The commandline works as well as ever, but you need more knowledge, skill
and patience. Fewer users have the time to learn and the patience to stick
with it. I am glad that you do, BTW.

Roy
Using Kubuntu 12.10, 64-bit
Location: Canada


On 5 January 2013 06:01, highskywhy@yahoo.de <highskywhy@yahoo.de> wrote:

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>
> highskywhy@yahoo.de
> Problem 1:Update Pangolin to Quantal and Update/Upgrade
>
> Good morning
> Sa Jan 05 11:34:59 2013
> Thank You for help.
>
> It doesn't sound right. I've used aptitude with Ubuntu. I think Ubuntu
> doesn't include aptitude by default because they want to push their app
> store. You usually don't want to make it easier for your competition.
> Ubuntu is Debian, which Canonical has modified in order to suit their
> purposes. Not everything about Canonical's agenda is positive from a
> user's perspective. Them leaving out aptitude highlights that fact.
> *
> What will happen, when I do a mistake. I was reading also here:"problems".
> What kind of problem.
> I had the problem, I could not start update and Synanptic and
> Softwarecenter.
> With:
> sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf
> I could solve the problem.
> Is there always a way to clean a "Linux-problem" or can I destroy the
> whole Linux?
>
> > I still think the best advise is use one, or the other.
> > Mixing them can cause strange database corruption. I don't
> > use Ubuntu because I feel it is not up to the same level of
> > quality as Debian is. No feel about it really, I know Ubuntu
> > isn't. Quality is not their primary goal. There are
> > different motivations going on between the two communities
> > to put it mildly.
> > *
> > Can I do the update with Synaptic?
>
> You can do whatever you wish. Whatever you do try to be consistent about
> it though.
> *
> Ok
> I am starting
> Synaptic.
> I write the password.
> And then?
>
> As far as I understood
> the task of the Synaptic is to
> install or remove software like Blender or Inkscape.
> Is this right?
>
> Manual: "The Synaptic Package Manager enables you to install software
> onto your computer and to manage the software, that is already
> installed. The software is bundled in so called packages. A single
> application can even exist of several packages: e.g. the Mozilla
> Internet Suite is packaged to mozilla-browser, that contains the actual
> browser, and mozilla-mail , that contains the mail client (this example
> refers to Debian GNU/Linux and can be different on your distribution)."
>
> Short question.
> What is the name of software:
> install Blender
> install blender
> install BLENDER
> install BlEnDer
> because Linux is case sensitive, isnt it?
>
> Regards
> Sophie
>
>
>


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