How to install programs for Linux

app stores, package manager, the terminal or the usual installers - select the way to their liking.

How to install programs for Linux through the app store

This is the easiest and most convenient way, which is best suited to beginners. No messing around with the terminal and search.

app stores allow us to find most of the programs in special libraries Linux - repositories. From the same swing updates, patches - in short, everything.

Open the App Store from the main menu. Different distributions it may have divergent names, but the principle of operation is the same everywhere.

• GNOME Software used in distributions with graphical user interface GNOME.
• Discover installed in distributions KDE. As befits a KDE application, it is very beautiful and it's fairly easy to use.
• "Program Manager" - in Linux Mint.
• AppCenter - in elementary OS.
• Deepin Software Center - in Deepin Linux.

Enter the program name in the search bar and select in the results window. Click on the "Install" button, enter your password, and then just wait for the end of the process.

App Store will automatically find the right program and install it.

How to install programs for Linux through the terminal

Believe it or not, but it's even faster than the search for the app in the store. You just have to copy the commands from the developer's web site (see the section "Installation") and insert them one by one into the terminal, pressing Enter.

For example, you want to install a popular player Clementine. open the Developer website and we see a set of instructions for installation.

1. sudo add-apt-repository ppa: me-davidsansome / clementine - add in the repository address from which the program will be to swing, and further updates to it. Followed by a proposal for a password - do it.
2. sudo apt update - tells the system to update the list of packages.
3. sudo apt install clementine - start the installation.

Before you enter commands in the terminal, make sure that they apply to your distribution. See which team to which distro suits, can be leadership Layfhakera.

How to install programs for Linux via the graphical package manager

package manager to Linux - is a program that automatically downloads other programs from the repository, installs and removes them. different Linux distributions its managers. In Debian, Ubuntu, and their relatives using APT, on CentOS and Fedora has a DNF, in openSUSE - Zypper, and Arch Linux - pacman.

When you install a program through the terminal, you give commands to your package manager. But much more convenient to manage these data through a graphical interface, such as via Synaptic in Ubuntu or Pamac in Arch. Look for it in the main menu on request "Package Manager".

1. Run the package manager.
2. Enter in the search box the name of the desired program.
3. Scroll to a found item, and then click on the "Install" button.
4. Enter your user password and wait for the package manager will download and install the necessary software.

How to install programs for Linux using the installation file

This is how the program is installed on Windows: open the browser developer's website, download the installer and run it by double-clicking.

But it is better to put Linux from the repositories - then the program will automatically update itself and will be less fuss with them.

If what you need is not in the repositories, here's how to solve the problem:

1. Locate the application developer's site and download the installer appropriate to your distribution.
2. Open it by double-click, and then click "Install".
3. Enter your password and complete the installation process.