Some Software Installation

Softwares installation in Ubuntu Desktop

1).  Expand the Software Repository List

#sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list 

2).  Java runtime environment

Java is a very important thing to install, now that many programs like Azureus need it to run. So type:

# sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin equivs

3).  Installing vlc and mplayer (plays almost everything):

#sudo apt-get install vlc mplayer

4).  Flash

#sudo apt-get install gsfonts gsfonts-x11 flashplugin-nonfree 

5)   Missing Windows software?? Run Windows softwares in Linux!!!

Run Windows Applications such as 7zip, Google Sketchup, AutoCAD, Dreamwaver, Flash MX, Fireworks MX, IE6, IE7, Safari, Itunes, Windows Media Player and many more…

Play Windows Games in Linux like Age Of Empires, Call Of Duty, Diablo, Fear, Fallout, Far Cry, Grand Theft Auto, Half Life, Halo, Hitman, Max Payne, Need For Speed, Prince Of Persia, Sim City Star Wars, The Simsworld of warcraft , Tomb Raider, Warcraft, World Of Warcraft, Counterstrike and many other can be played.

Install Playonlinux. It’s based on wine. Wine is a compatibility layer for running Windows programs in Linux.

#sudo apt-get install wine playonlinux

6).  Archiver/ Packing software
Windows equivalent : winrar, zip, 7zip
Ubuntu equivalent : tar, unrar, p7zip, arj, unace
It’s bad when you don’t have Internet on your computer/notebook, but you have to pack/unpack something but the file format isn’t recognized by the system. To prevent from this bad situation, you can install a bunch of packing software by typing this on the terminal:

#sudo apt-get install unace rar unrar zip unzip p7zip-full p7zip-rar sharutils uudeview mpack lha arj cabextract file-roller
7).  Graphical web browser
Windows equivalent : Internet explorer, firefox, opera Ubuntu equivalent : Firefox, opera, chromium Opera.

#sudo apt-get install opera

****Firefox (installed by default intrepid)
#sudo apt-get install firefox

***Chromium (open source equivalent of Google Chrome)
#sudo apt-get install chromium-browser chromium-browser-l10n
8)   Download Manager
Windows equivalent : Free download manager , Ubuntu equivalent : Multiget
MultiGet is a http/ftp downloader with a nice GUI for linux desktop users. It can run on almost all desktops without any configuration. It has many powerful functions comparing to others.
# sudo apt-get install multiget
Access it through Applications → Internet → MultiGet.

9).  Graphical Email client
Windows equivalent : Outlook, Ubuntu equivalent : Evolution, Thunderbird Evolution (installed by default in maverick)

#sudo apt-get install evolution evolution-mapi
Access it through Applications → Internet → Evolution Mail .

Thunderbird
#sudo apt-get install thunderbird
Access it through Applications → Internet → Mozilla Thunderbird Mail/News.


10).  Instant Messanging protocal clients
Windows equivalent : MSN messenger, Yahoo messenger, QQ, AIM, Gtalk, ICQ,IRC, Ubuntu equivalent : Empathy, Pidgin, emesene Empathy IM Client (installed by default)
Add the related launchpad repository :
#sudo add-apt-repository ppa:telepathy/ppa && sudo apt-get update

Then install it by running the following :
#sudo apt-get install empathy telepathy-mission-control-5 telepathy-gabble telepathy-butterfly telepathy-haze telepathy-idle telepathy-salut telepathy-sofiasip libtelepathy-farsight0 pythontpfarsight galago-eds-feed python-galago python-galago-gtk msn-pecan
Access it through Applications Internet → → Empathy IM Client .

Pidgin
Pidgin is an easy to use and free chat client used by millions. Connect to AIM, MSN, Yahoo, and more chat networks all at once. Supported chat networks: AIM, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, Google Talk, Groupwise, ICQ, IRC, MSN, MySpaceIM, QQ, SILC, SIMPLE, Sametime, XMPP, Yahoo!, Zephyr Add the launchpad repository :
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pidgin-developers/ppa && sudo apt-get update
Then install it :
#sudo apt-get install pidgin pidgin-data pidgin-lastfm pidgin-guifications msnpecan
pidgin-musictracker pidgin-plugin-pack pidgin-themes

Access it through Applications → Internet → Pidgin Internet Messenger .

Emesene only for MSN Messenger. Add the launchpad repository :
#sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bjfs/ppa && sudo apt-get update

Then install it :
#sudo apt-get install emesene
Access it through Applications → Internet → Emesene.