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This section discusses how applications are installed, removed and kept up to date. Also covered are how packages are stored by Xubuntu and made available for download.
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Located in
add-applications/C/add-applications.xml:17(para)
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It also covers some more advanced techniques for managing applications.
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Located in
add-applications/C/add-applications.xml:18(para)
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A package manager is a program that you can use to install, remove and upgrade software. Software for Xubuntu is provided in the form of packages, which are automatically downloaded by the package manager.
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Located in
add-applications/C/add-applications.xml:22(para)
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There are three main package management programs you can use in Xubuntu:
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Located in
add-applications/C/add-applications.xml:27(para)
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You can only use one package manager at a time. If you start another package manager while one is already open, you will receive an error message.
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Located in
add-applications/C/add-applications.xml:55(para)
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You will require administrative access to install and remove software. This is because packages sometimes need to change important system files. See the <link linkend="administrative"><application>Administrative Tasks</application></link> section for more information on administrative access.
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Located in
add-applications/C/add-applications.xml:62(para)
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Common package-management terms
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Located in
add-applications/C/add-applications.xml:69(title)
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13.
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If you are unfamiliar with Xubuntu's package management system, you may like to take a look at some of the following definitions.
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Located in
add-applications/C/add-applications.xml:71(para)
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When you install software on Xubuntu, the package manager automatically downloads the required software packages from a <emphasis>software repository</emphasis>, a location on the Internet which stores collections of packages ready to be downloaded.
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Located in
add-applications/C/add-applications.xml:96(para)
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There are thousands of programs available to install on Xubuntu. These programs are stored in software repositories and are made freely available for all Xubuntu users. This makes it very easy to install new programs, and it is also very secure because each program you install is built specially for Xubuntu and checked before it is allowed into the repositories.
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Located in
add-applications/C/add-applications.xml:102(para)
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