Is their same way to install softwae on the linux as windows

kurtgeiger · 07-29-2012, 06:59 AM

Tell me the way how to install different softwares on the linux and how to see disk drives in linux.

cortman · 08-01-2012, 08:51 AM

Linux is not Windows

Through a distro-specific repository of software packages. How you install them depends on what distribution you're using, which you haven't specified.

qweyu · 08-01-2012, 09:00 AM

which linux distro are you using. Coz different Distros have different installation programs. i personally use Ubuntu which is part of the Debian familly. in Ubuntu you can use aptitude apt-get install <packagename> or dpkg -i <packagename>.

honeybadger · 08-01-2012, 12:38 PM

@OP
1> What softwares do you want to install. This is the most important question that needs to be asked here.
2> If you want to look at your partitions (hoping you are not not talking about a different physical drive here) you would have to execute 'fdisk -l'
Also it would be great if we knew whatdistro you are using. Actually a lot depends on it.
Hope this helps.

frieza · 08-01-2012, 12:48 PM

disk drives? fdisk -l
install software? most big distributions have software repositories similar to an 'app store', from were all software is downloaded and installed, though some software (mostly proprietary software) is installed from a .run file, which works similarly to a .exe installer on windows (though this isn't common.. yet)