Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: NEWBIE with first question

Problem 1:Update Pangolin to Quantal and Update/Upgrade


Mo Jan 07 15:33:48 2013
Good afternoon
Thank You for help.

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.
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The only problem is to find the software, isnt it?
How can I find update?
There is a search-box, but "update" gave me a long list
beginning with
muon-update
update-notifier-common
update-manager
update-manager-core
update-notifier-kde
drive!
update-manager-text
copyright-update

As far as I understood Linux
the Synaptic is intalling the update but not doing the update.
Is this wrong?



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.
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OK

I have found that most power users do
not install much beyond what they use every day.
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Yes.

It is an easier matter to
track application names and install them that way.
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Yes.
Like
I want to use Blender
I am writing
sudo apt-get install Blender
?

The commandline works as well as ever, but you need more knowledge, skill
and patience.
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Yes.

Fewer users have the time to learn and the patience to stick
with it. I am glad that you do, BTW.
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Thank You.


Regards
Sophie





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