Linux/C2/Installing-Software-16.04/English-timed

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00:01	Hello and welcome to the spoken tutorial on Installing Software in Ubuntu Linux 16.04 Operating System.
00:10	In this tutorial, we will learn how to install software in Ubuntu Linux 16.04 Operating System via: Terminal,
00:21	Synaptic Package Manager and Ubuntu Software Center.
00:27	To record this tutorial, I’m using Ubuntu Linux 16.04 Operating System.
00:34	To proceed with this tutorial, you must be connected to the internet.
00:39	You need to be a System Administrator or have Administrator rights to install software.
00:46	Synaptic Package Manager is a graphical program for a p t.
00:51	It is a GUI for the apt-get command line utility.
00:57	By default, Synaptic Package Manager will not be pre-installed in Ubuntu Linux 16.04.
01:05	So, let us learn how to install it via terminal.
01:10	Open the terminal by pressing Ctrl, Alt and T keys together on your keyboard.
01:18	Now, in the terminal, type: sudo space a p t hyphen get space install space s y n a p and press the Tab key.
01:34	This will display list of software that starts with s y n a p.
01:40	Now complete the word as synaptic and press Enter.
01:46	You will be prompted to enter your administrator password.
01:51	Enter your admin password.
01:54	While typing password in the terminal, it will not be visible to us. So, type it carefully.
02:02	Press Enter.
02:04	Now the terminal displays the list of packages to be installed.
02:09	And, information about the size of the files to be downloaded and disk space after installation.
02:17	Press Y to confirm this.
02:19	Press Enter.
02:22	The installation begins now. Depending upon your internet speed, this may take some time to finish.
02:31	Now we have successfully installed Synaptic Package Manager.
02:36	Let us close the terminal.
02:39	To confirm the installation, go to Dash home. In the search bar, type synaptic.
02:46	We can see the Synaptic Package Manager icon in the search result.
02:51	Now let us learn how to install software using Synaptic Package Manager.
02:57	Click on the Synaptic Package Manager icon.
03:01	An authentication dialog-box appears asking for the password.
03:06	Let us type the admin password and press Enter.
03:10	When we use the Synaptic Package Manager for the first time, an introduction dialog-box appears.
03:17	This dialog-box has information on how to use Synaptic Package Manager.
03:23	Click on the Close button to close this dialog-box.
03:27	Let us configure Proxy and Repository in Synaptic Package Manager.
03:33	We have to do this before installing an application or package.
03:38	Go to Settings and click on Preferences.
03:42	There are several tabs on the Preferences window which appears on the screen.
03:48	Click on Network to configure the Proxy settings.
03:52	There are two options under the Proxy Server – Direct Connection and Manual Proxy.
04:00	I will be using Direct Connection. You may select your preferred option.
04:06	Click on the OK button at the bottom to close the window.
04:11	Now, again go to Setting and click on Repositories.
04:16	Software Sources window appears on the screen.
04:20	There are several sources to download Ubuntu software.
04:24	Click on Download From drop-down menu and hold the mouse button to see the list of repositories.
04:31	Other shows a list of servers across the globe.
04:36	To close this window, click on the Cancel button at the bottom.
04:41	I am using Server for India as shown here.
04:45	Click on the Close button to close the Software Sources window.
04:50	If you are using Synaptic Package Manager for the first time, you need to reload the packages.
04:57	To do this, click on Reload button on the toolbar.
05:02	This may take a few seconds.
05:05	Look here. We see that the packages are being transferred through the Internet and are getting updated.
05:13	I will now install the VLC player as an example.
05:18	Let us go to the Search field which is present on the toolbar.
05:23	In the Search dialog-box, type vlc and then click on the Search button.
05:29	Here we can see all the VLC packages that are listed.
05:34	To select the VLC package, right click on the check box. And, select the option Mark for installation from the menu that appears.
05:45	A dialog box appears showing all the list of repository packages.
05:51	Click on Mark button to mark all the dependencies packages automatically.
05:57	Go to the toolbar and click on the Apply button.
06:01	A Summary window appears showing the details of the packages to be installed
06:07	Click on the Apply button at the bottom to start the installation.
06:12	The process of installation will take some time.
06:16	This depends on the number and the size of the packages to be installed.
06:21	Applying Changes window will be closed, as soon as the installation gets completed.
06:27	Close the Synaptic Package Manager window.
06:31	Now, let us verify whether the VLC player has been successfully installed.
06:37	Go to the Dash home.
06:39	In the search bar, type vlc.
06:42	We can see the VLC icon in the displayed list. Click on it to open it.
06:49	Likewise, we can install other applications using Synaptic Package Manager.
06:56	Next we will learn how to install software via Ubuntu Software Center.
07:02	Ubuntu Software Centre is an application that allows us to manage software on Ubuntu Linux OS.
07:10	You can use it to search, download, install, update or uninstall a software.
07:17	It also gives you information about the software even before you use it.
07:23	To open Ubuntu Software Center, go to the launcher.
07:27	Click on the icon Ubuntu Software.
07:31	The Ubuntu Software Centre window appears.
07:35	At the top, we can see 3 tabs - All, Installed and Updates.
07:42	Click on All tab.
07:44	We can see a search bar at the top.
07:47	This will help us to search the available software.
07:51	Now, let us install the software Inkscape.
07:55	In the search bar, type inkscape.
07:59	A short information about Inkscape is displayed.
08:03	Now, click on the Install button at the right corner.
08:07	The Authentication dialog box appears.
08:10	Enter your admin password and then click on Authenticate button.
08:16	The progress bar indicates that Inkscape is being installed.
08:21	Installation may take a while depending on the number and size of the packages being installed.
08:28	The progress is also indicated in the Installed tab at the top. Click on it.
08:35	You can access other applications while any installation is being done.
08:41	Click on the word Inkscape.
08:44	This will display the information about Inkscape.
08:48	Once Inkscape is installed, we can see two buttons Remove and Launch next to it.
08:55	If you want to uninstall the software, simply click on the Remove button.
09:00	To launch the application, click on the Launch button. Let me click on it.
09:06	This will launch the Inkscape application.
09:10	Go back to Ubuntu Software Center. Click on the back arrow button at the top left, and come back to the main screen.
09:18	Now click on the tab Updates.
09:21	We can see that it says- Software is up to date.
09:25	Click on the refresh icon at the top left. This will check for any new updates.
09:31	Now we have got an OS updates.
09:34	Click on it to see the details. Let me close this.
09:39	If you wish to install this update, click on the Install button. Else skip this.
09:46	With this we come to the end of this tutorial. Let us summarise.
09:52	In this tutorial, we have learnt how to install software in Ubuntu Linux 16.04 Operating System via Terminal,
10:02	Synaptic Package Manager and Ubuntu Software Center.
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