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This chapter is a complete guide to adding, removing and updating applications on a Kubuntu system.
Table of Contents
There are several ways to manage your applications in Kubuntu. In order to add or remove applications you need to use a package manager. The following package managers are described in this chapter:
Graphical Clients
A graphical program providing an advanced way of managing application installation and removal. KPackageKit can be started by going to ->->->.
Command Line Utilities
(Advanced Package Tool) is a management system for software packages.
A text-based, high-level interface to apt.
You may also wish to increase the number of programs available to install through your package managers. Not all the programs that exist for Kubuntu are installed by default.
Finally, this chapter explains how to update your system.
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