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list of programs in Ubuntu?

Asked by Joan Ferrus

Hello, I'm new in Ubuntu and Linux in general. I don't really understand how it works. I have installed Ubuntu 12.4. I don't know how to see all the programs that I have installed. In windows I saw them pressing the down left button (menu/start bar) and then all programs were listed. In Ubuntu I have some in the left side of the screen but, can I see them somewhere else, specially if I have many? I don't see the folder of each program as I can see it in Windows, can it be seen?
Is there an online course explainig it?

Thank you.

Joan

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yanchen (yyanchn) said : 		#1

You can check all the software installed in your system in the soft-management software. You should try to use the terminal and use it to check the system status. To check the system status is the base operation and very simple through the termial.
You can find some data from the forum.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#2

You can run the following Terminal command to see the list of installed packages:

dpkg-query -f='${PackageSpec;-30}\t${Homepage}\n' -W "*"

Source: http://askubuntu.com/questions/88403/how-to-list-all-my-packages-from-command-line-which-can-show-package-name-licen

More info here:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ExternalGuides

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MadhuSoodanan (mt-madhu) said : 		#3

In the Launcher on the left side, you will see 'Ubuntu Software Center'. You will see all the Installed software in it.

If you can't see 'Ubuntu Software Center'. There is an icon (Dash Home) on the top left corner. You click on it. You can search for 'Ubuntu Software Center'. Now proceed according to your needs.

You can install or remove programs using 'Ubuntu Software Center'.
If you install 'Synaptic Package Manager', it will helpful in future. Thanks.

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Joan Ferrus (joanferrus4) said : 		#4

Thank you Yanchen, Mark and Mudhusoodanan, it's been helpful but still have a problem

I've tried the software center, I've found the list of installed programs. I see a review of all the programms installed but I cannot execute them. Is there something similar to the files .exe in windows?

I con only the ones that have an icon link in the left bar of the desktop.

Thank you very much!

Joan

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Best Vanamali (vanamalishastry) said : 		#5

Hi. Have you tried to access them from dash? Before you try, please
remember that all the programs you have are not executable. Many of them
are present to provided the necessary "support" to the ones that are
executable. So, if you want to "run" a program, you have two options:
1) Through the Terminal - as an example, suppose you want to run the text
editing software gedit. Open the terminal (by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T) type
gedit at the prompt and hit "enter". This will open an instance of the
software gedit.
2) The GUI way - Hit the "windows" button. That opens the "dash". To run a
program, you can type it's name in the search field and the dash will give
the matching search results from which you can choose the desired program.
If you want to view the installed programs, in the dash check the bottom
line. It contains a few icons (They are called "lenses"). The first icon
corresponds to the recently run programs, the second one gives you the
installed apps and so on. You choose from them by clicking the relevant
icon.

Hope this answered your question.
Thanks.

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Joan Ferrus (joanferrus4) said : 		#6

Thank you Vanamali. I have tried the two options and it seems to work. The first one is a bit strange to me now. Second one better for begginers.

Thank you, and the previous persons that also helped me.

Joan