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00:00 Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Ubuntu Software Center.
00:04 In this tutorial, we will learn how to use the Ubuntu Software Center,
00:09 to download, install, update and uninstall software on the Ubuntu Operating System.
00:16 What is Ubuntu Software Center?
00:18 It is a tool that allows you to manage software on the Ubuntu OS.
00:23 You can use it to search, download, install, update or uninstall a software.
00:30 Ubuntu Software Center also lists reviews and ratings for each software;
00:36 this way you have information about the software even before you use it.
00:41 It also keeps a record of the software history.
00:45 In this spoken-tutorial, we are using Ubuntu Software Center on Ubuntu version 11.10.
00:52 To proceed with the tutorial,
00:54 You must be connected to the Internet.
00:56 You need to be a System Administrator or have Administrator rights to install software.
01:04 From your Launcher, click the Ubuntu Software Center icon.
01:08 The Ubuntu Software Center window appears.
01:12 The All Software, Installed and History buttons are displayed at the top left of the window.
01:19 The Search field is displayed at the top-right corner.
01:23 The Ubuntu Software Center window is divided into two panels.
01:28 The left panel displays the list of software categories.
01:33 The right panel displays What’s New and Top Rated.
01:38 The "What’s New" panel lists the software that has been newly released.
01:42 The "Top Rated" panel displays the list of software that have a high user rating and are downloaded most frequently.
01:51 Let’s browse for software by category.
01:55 From the left panel, click on Internet.
01:58 A list of Internet software and top rated software for the category Internet are displayed.
02:05 Notice that some of the software have a circle with a tick mark.
02:10 This indicates that the software has already been installed in your computer.
02:15 To view more software in the Internet category, click the All icon.
02:21 All software, that is available for the category Internet, is listed on the window.
02:26 You can also sort the software By Name, By Top Rated or By Newest First.
02:32 Let’s click the drop-down on the top-right corner.
02:36 From the list, select By Top Rated.
02:40 The Internet software is arranged in the order of ratings.
02:45 To view the complete list of software that is installed in your computer,
02:50 click the Installed button.
02:53 The software category is displayed.
02:56 Click on small triangular button in front of Sound and Video.
03:02 The list of software installed on your computer, for Sound and Video, is displayed.
03:08 Let’s click on All Software and from the drop-down, select Provided by Ubuntu.
03:14 All the softwares provided by Ubuntu are listed.
03:19 Now, let’s install the software VLC media player.
03:24 In the Search box in the top-right of the window, type vlc.
03:29 VLC media player is displayed.
03:33 Now, click Install.
03:35 The Authentication dialog box appears.
03:38 Enter your system password.
03:42 Click Authenticate.
03:44 Look at the progress bar that indicates that VLC is being installed.
03:50 Installation may take a while depending on the number and size of the packages being installed.
03:57 The progress is also indicated by the button on the top.
04:02 You can access other applications while installation is being done.
04:07 Once VLC is installed, there is a small tick mark against VLC.
04:13 The Remove button is displayed on the right side.
04:17 If you want to uninstall VLC, simply click the Remove button.
04:23 Similarly, you can search for and install all other software packages.
04:29 Now, let’s view the History.
04:31 This allows us to view all the changes we have made including installations,
04:37 updates and removal of software.
04:40 Click History. The History dialog box appears.
04:45 You can check your history by All Changes, Installations, Updates, and Removals.
04:51 Click All Changes.
04:53 The list of all the changes made, that is, installations, updates and removals are displayed.
05:01 You can also update the installed software on a regular basis.
05:07 You can find more information about 'Ubuntu' and the 'Ubuntu Software Center' on the Ubuntu Website. <Pause>
05:17 This brings us to the end of this tutorial on Ubuntu Software Center.
05:21 In this tutorial we learnt how to use the Ubuntu Software Center.
05:26 We also learnt how to download, install, update and un-install software on the Ubuntu Operating System.
05:36 Here is an assignment for you.
05:39 Download and install Thunderbird using the Ubuntu Software Center.
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