Good day,
How to add/remove knoppix apps/program?
I heard about Synaptic. Can Synaptic do tis task?
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Good day,
How to add/remove knoppix apps/program?
I heard about Synaptic. Can Synaptic do tis task?
Synaptic can do it but first you have to install synaptic. Kpackage can do it too.Quote:
Originally Posted by dr_rude
Basic info:
Knoppix is a Debian based system which means that the programs come as .deb packages and are installed/removed with dpkg.
Download & install packages uses apt-get which will downloads the packages then uses dpkg to install it.
To select packages from a list of available packages use dselect (text only), Kpackage or Synaptic. Kpackage & Synaptic are graphic & mre user friendly than dselect. These also call apt-get which in turn calls dpkg to do the actual download & install.
Lists of available sources for packages is in the file /etc/apt/sources.list. The system maintains a database of available packages. This database must be updated before you attempt to install packages which is done with the command 'dselect update' or 'apt-get update'.
So first update your package list, then install want with 'apt-get install <package name>' or you Kpackage or Synaptic to choose & install your package.
Removal is done with 'apt-get --purge remove <package>' or 'dpkg -P <package>'. Using the --purge option means that it will also remove the configuration files for the package.
You can also remove packages with Kpackage or Synaptic.
Tq CrashedAgain 4 d huge info. :)
Synaptic is a "front-end" to what is part of the Debian way of doing things... Apt...
apt-get install [something
apt-get remove [something]
and if you want to remove something with all of its config files, etc... like a total removal, then...
apt-get --purge remove [something]
and if you want to re-install something, you can either just re-do the apt-get install, or add the following:
apt-get --reinstall install [something]
TQ Cuddles. :wink: