Re: [orca-list] First forray into commandline installation

["Aruni Sharma" <libranarsh gmail com>]

hello james. the command for installing a program is
sudo apt-get install ,programName>
Thanks,
Aruni.

On 11/20/08, James & Nash <james austin1984 googlemail com> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Well I tried to update my Ubuntu distribution earlier with command line and
> I think it worked but how do I know? Also, how can i search for packages to
> install? I typed in a terminal window:
> apt-cache search abiword for example and it told me what abiword was, but
> how do I find out what the package name is? When I tried apt-get abiword, it
> did not work told me it was an invalid operation I think.
>
> Thank you best wishes
>
> James
>
> PS - from the little I've played with it I'm really enjoying Linux -
> although I've not had time to really sit and play with it properly yet or
> use it for any real tasks just playing at the moment but really enjoying it.