Several other package managers exist in Xubuntu. These contain more advanced features than Add/Remove Applications.
Synaptic is an advanced package management application that can install and remove every package available to your system. The interface is graphical like Add/Remove Applications, but presents much more information and gives you complete control over the software on your computer.
To launch Synaptic, from the menu choose → → . You need administrative access to use Synaptic. See Administrative Tasks for more details.
If you know the name of the package you want to install or remove, click the arcade” or “mathematics”).
button, and enter the package name or a short search term. You can also search for packages by description (for example, you can find all packages mentioning “Use the categories on the left to filter the list of packages. To return to the list of categories after doing a search, click
.To install a package, click the box next to it and choose
. If you change your mind, choose .To remove a package that is already installed, choose
.When you've finished, click
and Ubuntu will make the changes you selected. If you don't want to make any changes, close the window instead.If you are comfortable using the Terminal, you can use apt (Advanced Packaging Tool) to install or remove software. You need administrative access to use apt. See Administrative Tasks for more details.
To update the local list of packages, enter in a Terminal:
sudo apt-get update
Note that this command only updates the package information on your system. It does not install or update the actual software packages.
To install all available updates for currently installed software:
sudo apt-get upgrade
To search for a package:
apt-cache search package
To install a package:
sudo apt-get install package
To remove a package:
sudo apt-get remove package
To list other apt commands and options:
apt-get help
For more information, see Debian's apt manual.