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Linux Mint Essentials

By : Jay LaCroix
Book Image

Linux Mint Essentials

By: Jay LaCroix

Overview of this book

A task-oriented look at Linux Mint, using actual real-world examples to stimulate learning. Each topic is presented in an easy-to-follow order, with hands-on activities to reinforce the content. If you are starting out with Linux from a different platform or are well versed with Linux Mint and want a guide that shows you how to exploit certain functionality, this book is for you. No previous Linux experience is assumed.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
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Index

Using the Mint Software Manager


As mentioned earlier, there are GUI package management tools available in various distributions. Not all distributions ship with GUI tools to manage installed software, but all of the distributions aimed toward entry-level to intermediate users do. In Debian-based distributions, Synaptic is a very popular GUI tool (and is also available for use in Mint) and there are also other distribution-specific tools, such as the Ubuntu Software Center. Mint takes it one step further and includes its own GUI application for package management that is very easy to use; the Mint Software Manager is that tool, and it makes package management a breeze. The Mint Software Manager is available in your Applications menu. Go ahead and launch it. The following screenshot shows the main window of Mint's Software Manager:

Before you dive into the Software Manager, first you will be prompted for your password. The password that you'll enter is the same as the one you used when you...