how do You install software?

[chriskin]

as karmic comes closer (or has already came for those of us testing it before its release) more blogs talk about the sofware center as a replacement of add/remove.

i'd like to know what is your way of installing stuff.i find both software center and add/remove a little to simplistic, since they don't offer all the choices package manager does and don't tell you how much space your installations will use.

[Bölvaður]

I voted for the following:
Add/Remove Applications
Synaptic Package Manager
Terminal
Other (please specify)


When Im looking for something I do not know I hope there is something in Add/Remove and just browse around (normally it takes very short time compared to any other way of looking for an application to do some job)

When I know what I am looking for but cannot remember the package name I use Synaptic, and sometimes when I do know it.

I only use the terminal to open binary files under root or apt-get packages that I know by heart how to spell.

I sometimes also install by apt link if I got a browser open and am too lazy to open the terminal or synaptic, and know the exact package name.

[earthpigg]

for games: browse and install via add/remove.

all else: browse in synaptic, and install either via synaptic or apt-get.

basically... add/remove is for fun, synaptic is for exploring, command line is for serious stuff.

on my arch install, i use gtkpacman and the arch wiki to explore, and command line to install.

(arch is on my primary desktop, the ubuntu remix in my sig is on everything else. i maintain a vanilla Ubuntu vbox install so i can be on the same page as folks im helping in the support forums and to help me maintain/improve this web page (http://sites.google.com/site/masonux/home/ease-of-use).)

[RiceMonster]

terminal mostly, but often in PackageKit as well

[doas777]

I almost never use add/remove (it seems to miss a lot of stuff that I have installed) and only use synaptic once in a blue moon. I either use apt-get or install it via the manual methods (compiling, tarballs, alien, debs and runs).

[FuturePilot]

Synaptic and the terminal. I've never used Add/Remove and I've only played around with Software Center mostly out of curiosity. But it won't replace Synaptic and the terminal for me. The Software Center is a good idea for new users, but I'm far from a new user.

[-grubby]

Mostly apt-get, but if I'm hunting down a package I can't find with apt-cache search I'll use Synaptic.

[MasterNetra]

I primarily install via, Synaptic Package Manger, Terminal, and .debs. Have tried Software Center, its ok. I'd probably be more incline to use that then add/remove.

[credobyte]

Haven't touched Add/Remove and Synaptic for months .. Every single package have been installed from Terminal ( specifically, tty's ).

[Viva]

Synaptic, terminal, apturl.

[magmon]

I use the add/remove and .debs in general.

[hoppipolla]

Add/Remove as much as I can, but if it doesn't have what I want then I use Synaptic... and if THAT doesn't have what I want then I'm hunting around online lol

[JillSwift]

I voted "yes". :)

I've even compiled a colonel! Turns out he makes really good chicken.

[Tibuda]

Add/remove (now software center), apturls in Firefox and aptitude in terminal.

[hoppipolla]

I voted "yes". :)

I've even compiled a colonel! Turns out he makes really good chicken.

lol :)

[magmon]

I think this was just moved to a totally irrelivant sub forum. I don't use karmic, and I don't think most of us do O.o

[dragos240]

Yes, this topic should be moved back to the cafe

[MacUntu]

Terminal and Synaptic and that's not going to change.

[Seventh Reign]

Terminal and MintInstall

[Frak]

I've been building my own installer system, so I've been repackaging a lot of things. Works great so far, since I can upgrade to karmic without problems.

[earthpigg]

I've been building my own installer system, so I've been repackaging a lot of things. Works great so far, since I can upgrade to karmic without problems.

got a .deb? even if its alpha, ill play with it in a VM and help you out.

[Frak]

got a .deb? even if its alpha, ill play with it in a VM and help you out.
I haven't written the rake tasks yet. Everything so far has been hackishly put together, and is dependent on various "stuff" on my system.

Plus, the only two packages I can install are Firefox and the build-essential metapackage (metapackage-test). It's earlier than Alpha, it's like stone age horse drawings on a wall.

[carlosgs91]

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[Exodist]

I install most everything thru synaptic, what isnt in the repository I compile from source.

[khelben1979]

I voted terminal.

I install software by using: dselect, apt-get or by installing from source, where I prefer the latter. A bit time consuming on the P4 though.

[itreius]

I always use the terminal for software installing/removing.

[disturbed1]

autotools and/or cmake.

[bruno9779]

HEY!!!!!

why compile from source is not an option there?? I compile half of the programs i use, another quarter in from CLI and the remaining in synaptic/add and remove.

[LookTJ]

Terminal

[knepig91]

Voted Terminal

[etnlIcarus]

If I know what I want to do, aptitude. If I'm just pottering around, Synaptic.

[dragos240]

Terminal for pacman and sometimes shaman.

[speedwell68]

Synaptic if I am searching for something that may or may not be in the repositories. Apt-Get if it is something I know is in my installed repositories and sometimes I use Ubuntu Tweak.

[BrokenKingpin]

I use Synaptic or the terminal to install software as of 9.04. Once the next release is out that will probably change to the new app center if it is any good.

[chriskin]

HEY!!!!!

why compile from source is not an option there?? I compile half of the programs i use, another quarter in from CLI and the remaining in synaptic/add and remove.

do you compile half the programs you use without using a terminal? :)

[openfly]

I push out updates as software policies from within my HP SA core.

[spupy]

Sometimes at midnight a notification pops up saying there are X updates. I click the "Update now" button on the notification and press 'enter'. That's it.
It's some script I wrote long ago to handle pacman (arch linux packager) updates, but I haven't maintained it - it still works and I don't remember well how.

It's console if I want to install something myself, but that is relatively rare.

[sgosnell]

I do it pretty much every way, depending on the package. If I know the exact name, it's quicker to use the terminal. If I don't, I can browse in Synaptic. Some software isn't available in the repositories I have enabled, and sometimes I have to manually download and install it. Sometimes a download automatically opens gdebi from the browser. I have no set way of doing it, it all depends on the package and what is easiest at the time. I expect to continue that way regardless of what Karmic does.

[binrat]

i use all ways except add remove , synaptic is my favorite with apt-get a close second and gdebi for single packages.

[Twitch6000]

I just use yast =].

[starcannon]

I use all of the methods listed depending on what I'm up to.

Under other, sometimes its a .bin or .deb or .sh that I downloaded from a trusted source, and very rarely sometimes I compile something; though with Ubuntu, that is really only if I'm in the mood to geek out on a project that has nothing to do with productivity, and everything to do with "just because I can".