Hi! I'm new to UBUNTU!

[Robert Holtzman]

On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 03:53:09PM +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
> On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 3:23 PM, Basil Chupin <blchupin at iinet.net.au> wrote:

             ...........snip............

> >
> > BTW (in case you don't know what BTW stands for, BTW stands for *B*y
> > *T*he *W*ay), what is your suggestion to type "sudo apt-get install
> > filename" on a command line supposed to actually achieve? I've tried the
> > command *exactly* as you suggested and got absolutely nowhere :'( .
> > You're a really great help :-( .
> 
> Oh come on! You have to do a *little* big of the legwork here.
> 
> To install a program, you type:
> 
> apt-get install programname
> 
> You replace "programname" with the name of the program you want. I
> just installed Golly this afternoon; I used the Software Centre but if
> I used the command line I'd have typed
> 
> apt-get install golly

              .........more snippage..........

Oh, come on Liam. BC's post *was* tongue in cheek.........wasn't it?

-- 
Bob Holtzman
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