The Perfect Desktop - Kubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) - Page 3
This tutorial exists for these OS versions
- Kubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal)
- Kubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)
- Kubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot)
- Kubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)
- Kubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat)
- Kubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx)
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6 Installing The Synaptic Package Manager
Kubuntu's Add/Remove Programs tool shows only a selection of all available software - therefore we install the Synaptic Package Manager now and use that instead to install our wanted packages. Open a terminal (System > Konsole):
In the terminal, type
sudo apt-get install synaptic
to install Synaptic.
7 Install Additional Software
To install additional applications, open the Synaptic Package Manager (System > Synaptic Package Manager):
Type in your password:
Select the following packages for installation (* is a wildcard; e.g. gstreamer* means all packages that start with gstreamer):
- gimp*
- f-spot
- ubufox
- flashplugin-nonfree
- kubuntu-restricted-extras
- filezilla
- thunderbird
- evolution
- amule-utils-gui
- amule
- azureus
- scribus
- gnucash
- skype
- opera
- googleearth
- acroread*
- mozilla-acroread
- audacity
- banshee
- kmplayer
- mplayer*
- mozilla-mplayer
- rhythmbox
- gtkpod-aac
- xmms2*
- dvdrip
- kino
- sound-juicer
- vlc*
- gstreamer*
- helix-player
- mozilla-helix-player
- xine-ui
- xine-plugin
- gnomebaker
- non-free-codecs
- msttcorefonts
- libdvdcss2
- kompozer
- bluefish
- quanta
- sun-java6* (except sun-java6-doc)
- totem
- totem-mozilla
There are also lots of other applications available that you can install as well if you like.
You can use the search function to search for the desired packages:
To select a package, click on the checkbox left of it and select Mark for Installation from the menu:
If a package has dependencies, click on Mark to install them as well:
After you've selected all wanted packages, click on the Apply button:
Confirm your selection by clicking on Apply again:
Afterwards all selected packages are being downloaded and installed:
If the progress bar doesn't move on, click on the Details arrow to see what is happening - some packages require that you accept their license so you must type in y. The installation will then continue:
After all packages have been installed, click on Close:
