Adding, Removing and Updating Applications
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Adding, Removing and Updating Applications

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This chapter is a complete guide to adding, removing and updating applications on a Kubuntu system.


Table of Contents

Introduction
KPackageKit
APT
Aptitude
Manual Installation
Install/Uninstall .deb files
Convert .rpm files to .deb files
Install from Source
Managing Repositories
What are Repositories?
Adding or Removing Repositories
Updating

Introduction

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

KPackageKit

A graphical program providing an advanced way of managing application installation and removal. KPackageKit can be started by going to Kickoff Application Launcher->Applications->System->Software Management (KPackageKit).

Command Line Utilities

apt

(Advanced Package Tool) is a management system for software packages.

Aptitude

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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