Hello Vishnu! You're in the right place! Ubuntu and Debian are the most advanced Linux distributions ever created... :-)
You can try, for example: --- sudo apt-get install build-essential --- This command will install compilers and libraries for you. You might also be interested in Golang, which is very, very impressive, and/or Mono/C# development, for example: --- sudo apt-get install golang sudo apt-get install monodevelop --- Also, Ubuntu have tools like Eclipse or Codeblocks, ready for you! --- sudo apt-get install eclipse sudo apt-get install codeblocks --- Basically, with Debian / Ubuntu, there is no need to download and install softwares from different places on the Internet, the repositories are full of packages! To search for a software, you can try: apt-cache search icedtea plugin Icedtead runs Java applets in Firefox, for example... Do you want VLC? Or ugly Flash? No problem... sudo apt-get install vlc sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras What about LibDVDCSS ? Just run: sudo apt-get install libdvdread4 sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh --- Ubuntu have something very cool, for example, let say you want to have the "java" command, but you don't have it installed... Well, Ubuntu will tell you which package brings the "java" command if you type it at the console! For example: --- thiago@ubuntu-1:~$ java The program 'java' can be found in the following packages: * default-jre * gcj-4.8-jre-headless * openjdk-7-jre-headless * gcj-4.6-jre-headless * openjdk-6-jre-headless Try: sudo apt-get install <selected package> - Then, run: sudo apt-get install default-jre --- Have more questions? You can also try: askubuntu.com! ;-) Also, you might note that Ubuntu is REALLY a plug-and-play O.S., you can just plug your printer and use it, your sound board, video board, tv capture board, everything you plug, you just works! No need for junk CD Drivers to this and to that... :-D Hope it helps! Cheers! Thiago On 22 August 2015 at 09:31, Vishnu Vivekanand <vishnu.vivekan...@outlook.com> wrote: > Hello All, > > > > I have a few years of programming in the Windows environment. I have just > started to explore the Unix/Linux/Ubuntu world. I have been spending a week > or two around the Ubuntu home page and I am not able to get started in > programming. Using some tutorials I have been able to, no further than, run > some commands to setup the development toolkit for Ubuntu development. I > request some assistance in transitioning into the Ubuntu world of > programming, at least upto a point where I understand where-to-get-what to > get to submitting actual code here. Any help/pointers would be most > appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > Vishnu Vivekanand > > > > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss > -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
