

So you not only get new features, security updates etc. The advantage of using synaptic over other methods is that when you install a program using synaptic then ubuntu automatically updates that program as well. For example instead of klite-pack you install ubuntu-restricted-extras which is a collection of codecs and other stuff. There are equivalents of most windows programs in ubuntu. For example from ģ) Compiling from source (Advanced stuff, don't bother now). deb file and double clicking it (just as you do with. If you want you can add more repositories to synaptic like so that there are more programs available in synaptic.Ģ) Downloading a. how do i run these types of programs?There are three ways of installing a program in ubuntu.ġ) Using synaptic.

and the only option that has any results is wine, however i doubt that will be effective. I downloaded k-lite codec to help with some sound issues, since i'm new to linux u don't know how to run/implement it, double clicking on it fails to do anything.
