How to install software in Linux (properly)

After a long talk with someone about installation issues, I realized they were downloading software from websites to install things. I decided that I need to make a newcomers guide to using package managers! I'll cover the proper way to install packages using GUI as well as terminal commands for apt (apt-get) and pacman. So here's how to install software in Linux properly.

[JustAdude]

You made my life 100x easier. I spent 2 days trying to figure out the terminal to install stuff 😬 first time Linux user coming from windows is a HUGEEEE change but thanks to windows 10 destroying my 2 laptops which now run Linux.. I am never going back to windows and quite happy with Linux so far. Thank you for the solid video.

[VirendraBG]

Excellent. Take my bow for keeping it simple.
The reason why Windows users just don't use or hate Linux on their working machine is, the way Linux's experts present Linux to new or Windows user.
They just ask to install Ubuntu. Open terminal and *Blah Blah*
No average user want to use command prompt.
I agree you can do hell lot of things using terminal. But really does anyone want to start with it? This makes impression to new user that Linux means command prompt. 🤷🏻‍♂️
No one teach concept.
One must consider that no user want to use terminal until he is done with GUI methods.
Terminal is for advanced user, not the beginner who can't (or don't want to) memories commands.
Average user use Word, Excel, Power Point, Photoshop, Chrome, OBS Studio, Hitfilm Express kind of software. There was plenty of free software available on various repositories. To use these software, an average user even don't need (to be more precise *Don't WANT* ) *Terminal* or command prompt.

[AlanD]

I love your teaching style. I wish you have more tutorials. I came from "Linux File System/Structure Explained!" video :D

[bobbypaycheque]

Great video! Simple and straightforward, the kind that I wish existed when I started on my Linux journey.

[thuaners]

thank you!! i am a complete beginner to linux and this helped clear things up for me a lot! i was very confused about how to download programs! :)

[mwitalemi]

Where has this video been hiding all this time! Thank you!

[Rfster]

Thank you for this great video! I was always afraid of using synaptic package manager because I wasn't sure if the dependencies would automatically be installed (or removed). Not anymore, thanks to you. I love the way you go about presenting your explanations in such a clear and concise manner. You make everything look so easy. Thumbs up!

[rando]

This is basically why every time I want to try linux again, I don't. 30 years of linux and no one thought to try to make it easier for normal people to use. And you wonder why Windows is still popular.

[dr]

This is a video all Linux newbies should watch before they install their first Linux app.

[hedz]

great video! these "explain like i'm 5" videos are so useful

[blakebass]

Dog do you realize how many videos I have watched, sites that I have skimmed through, like circles I have ran around in? And here you are in the first few minutes of your video with just stating the fact that each distro has different repositories (which I still didn't know until the words flowed from your mouth) and I am just you are a God man.

Thank You !

[hengirmen]

Mate I'm just gonna say this: You are a lifesaver. Thank you

[jacobnotte]

Great videos thank you a lot for helping us start out down this awesome path!

[JimmieHammel]

Nice... Subbed. I installed Ubuntu on an old laptop a couple years ago, but I've barely used it. Learning curve :/
This will help.

[spiralspree]

this should be the first video every new linux user watches

[SMJSmoK]

I'm surprised you didn't cover compiling from source. I know that this is a video for beginners but IMO they should know that this is a possibility as well.

[fossmanmedia]

Great content as always. Thank you so much for all of your work here. Greatly appreciated.

[zoeythebee]

What if you want to download programs that aren't in the package manager? You would think this would be difficult but there are several games and programs that are very niche and don't show up in package managers.

[orngjce]

If software doesn't come on your package manager or isn't current enough in your package manager, if you run Ubuntu/derivatives _and are willing to trust downloading random stuff from the Internet, _ you can often find baby repositories called "PPAs" that are just for that one piece or handful of pieces of software. This lets you still get _most_ of the benefits of the package manager like the dependencies and the auto-updating

[chrisdaykin]

I recently converted my win 10 laptop to Linux mint - I was setting up.the Odin Project as backup to my MacBook - I needed to install VSCode and located are package on the software manager, I installed it and then got a flat pack warning, something seemed wrong, when I tried to run it from the command line it didn't work. so I uninstalled it, followed the Odin instructions which had me install it using the command line and that solved the problem. So it definitely makes a difference.