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Despite tech-savvy reputation, Gen Z falls behind in keyboard typing skills (www.techspot.com)

submitted 2 months ago by neme@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So how do you install things?

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Red hat based? Install the RPM. Debian based? Install the deb, generally? Install from the repository. You can also install from source if you’d like

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I don't know what any of that means.

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Install app from native app repository of chosen Linux distribution.

[–] bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net 0 points 2 months ago

Well yeah this is like asking an oboe player how they control pitch, and they respond "different embouchure is the universal way to do it, but adjusting the reed is the best way"

Go look it up if you don't know what the terms mean

[–] FourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You don't generally download the file like you would an exe or MSI on windows. Rather you enter a command line that tells Linux to connect to the repository (like an app store) of that particular type of Linux, pull the latest installation file and install it.

You can still download the file and install it directly, but it's not a straightforward double click like on windows.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's not a GUI?

[–] FourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

There are GUI wrappers that issue the equivalent commands for you, but a lot of Linux users would just write something like this on the command line:

sudo apt install vlc

That's how you would install VLC (media player) on Debian linux without any prior file download or browsing. It connects to the Debian repository for you, downloads and installs.