Installing Packages
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Installing Packages

To install a package you can

For a selected package, use the buttons in the right panel, the Fetch button will fetch the package from a remote source and display detailed information, the Install button pops up the installation window.

For marked packages, use the Install Marked button on the left panel, which pops up the install window.


Install Dialog

Install Dialog


The install window lists the packages to be selected to be installed in a panel in the top left, if Debian APT is being used the packages needed to satisfy any dependencies are also shown. Below this there are a set of check boxes which set options for the install program. For RPM packages the options are:

For Debian APT the options are:

The Install button will start the actual install. Normally the install window will be deleted after a successful install but if the Keep this window check box is selected the window will stay around.

The panel on the right is an integrated terminal window in which the installation programs are run, for interactive installation programs the interaction is done in this window.

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