On 13/12/13 00:59, Wally Lepore wrote: > Hi Folks, > > Recently completed a successful install of Wheezy in Virtual Box. Runs > great but slow (for obvious reasons). I'm not looking for > speed/performance at this point but just looking to learn the > interface, access and perform functions in terminal (as well as root > terminal) and run basic programs. > > I would like to locate a link that explains in simple terms (if that's > possible), "How to Install Packages". I've been hours reading about > this topic via many links but find them helpful to some extent but too > advanced. > > The link below was helpful but then it became difficult to understand. > I prefer not to start executing commands in root terminal if the > instructions are a bit overwhelming (at my current level of > understanding). > > http://www.aboutdebian.com/packages.htm
Wow! What a... site :/ NOTE: these sources *are* affiliated with the Debian Project https://wiki.debian.org/Software https://wiki.debian.org/PackageManagement (not so great) https://wiki.debian.org/OpenOffice Try http://debian-handbook.info/ for a recent, simple, accurate and very complete guide. > > I'm searching for a complete beginners guide that details "simple to > understand instructions" on "How to install packages" as well as other > general "how-to's" in Wheezy (current stable). I would much appreciate > any links and/or suggestions. > > My initial interest is to install "OpenOffice". I understand wheezy > has LibreOffice aready installed but I need OpenOffice as well for a > project I'm currently working on. You don't say what parts of Wheezy (20000+ packages) you've installed, I'm presuming GNOME. Someone here can advice you on how to use the GUI package manager for GNOME (I 'think' it's Synaptic). http://debian-handbook.info/browse/wheezy/sect.apt-frontends.html#idm140081895704256 Not difficult to install. If you know what a console is and how to become root it's just a matter of, as root, typing:- apt-get install -y openoffice.org > > Thank you kindly for your patience and help. > > System Specs: > Acer netbook D255 > Windows 7 (host OS) > Virtual Box (running debian/wheezy ver. 7.2.0 for i386 as the guest OS) > > When you're more comfortable installing software in Debian you may wish to run the latest Apache OpenOffice.org. See:- http://sourceforge.net/projects/apacheoo-deb/files/debian/dists/wheezy/ Kind regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/52a9c842.5050...@gmail.com
