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Linux HowTo's -
Beginner Linux HowTo's
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Written by Keith Short
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Tuesday, 27 May 2008 08:44 |
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Ok. It's been five days since the first installment of andLinux beta 1 exploration started. Hopefully you've spent all your spare time downloading andLinux beta 1, installing it and becoming a Linux expert by now. Not! No problem. Since you seem to move at my pace we'll continue this ride together.
First things first. Go to the andLinux beta 1 installation HowTo, follow the instructions there, and then hop back over the fence and continue here.
First we need to open the console - named in this case, Konsole.

One of the things I like about using Linux is the ease of installing many programs (or packages they are called by those in the know ). Unlike windows you don't have to browse to a website everytime you need to install a program. Watch how easily we can install NMAP on andLinux beta 1.
- Type "apt-cache search ^nmap$" and press the Enter key, to check to see if the package/program is available in the repository (a virtual storage place for linux applications, library's, and such). **Note - if the symbols in front and back of the word "nmap" don't make sense to you, check out the regular expression HowTo.
- Since we see the package is available Type "apt-get install nmap" and press the Enter key to install the package.

- That's it! Now when was it ever this easy in Windows? Just to satisfy your curiosity type "nmap|more" and press the Enter key. You'll see some of the options available to NMAP. We'll be exploring those options in the upcoming NMAP HowTo.

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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 27 May 2008 20:27 )
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