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09-09-2016, 03:38 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Sep 2016
Posts: 5
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Missing important apps in Ubuntu
I recently installed ubuntu via crouton on my acer chromebook 14 and I am missing the "Software & Update" app, how do I install it?
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09-09-2016, 06:19 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jan 2006
Location: Virginia, USA
Distribution: Slackware, Ubuntu MATE, Mageia, and whatever VMs I happen to be playing with
Posts: 20,016
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This will install the Synaptic package manager:
Code:
sudo apt-get install synaptic
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09-10-2016, 09:55 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Sep 2016
Posts: 5
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It is Ubuntu 14.04.
I don't think I am looking for Synaptic, I already have Ubuntu Software Centre but what I am looking for is the "System & update" app that I see people find in dash for lots of tutorials. When I write "System & update" in dash as it sais everywhere it finds nothing and correct me if I am wrong but the similar menus that I can find in the Ubuntu Software Centre doesn't really have all the things that I need like updating drivers for my video card.
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09-10-2016, 11:00 AM
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Jul 2006
Location: London
Distribution: PCLinuxOS, Salix
Posts: 6,268
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Synaptic will do that sort of thing and it's better than the Software Centre (well, I think so!)
http://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingSoftware |
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