Using Ubuntu Terminal For Newbies

Ubuntu has been providing very good GUI interface to manage applications and system, such as installation, uninstall the programs, networking, etc. However, as other linux users, we can not be much use in the command line like DOS in Microsoft Windows, to help manage system.
For a newbie in linux, ubuntu specifically, we should at least understand a few basic commands that are often used to perform system administration. In Ubuntu, if we want to manage system in terminal, always use 'sudo' command. Sudo is Super User Do, where the user hwo have sudo privilleges can manage the system without login as root user. For example :

$ sudo

Here are some frequently used commands:

1. Apt-get
This is the most important command to manage installation programs. we can add and remove programs, update sourcelist from ubuntu repository, upgrade all installing programs and system.

To update type like this

$ sudo apt-get update

To upgrade type like this

$ sudo apt-get upgrade

To installing package from repository, use this command

$ sudo apt-get install package_name

To uninstall pakage

$ sudo apt-get remove package_name

For other apt-get command, just type in terminal

$ man apt-get

2. dpkg
This is ubuntu package management, Using for installing or remove .deb package.

To installing .deb package

$ sudo dpkg -i package_name.deb

or if we have more than one .deb package

$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb

To remove installing .deb package

$ sudo dpkg -r package_name.deb

For more information about dpkg, type man dpkg on terminal.

3. Copy file or folder

$ cp file_name /home/zikril/Document/

4. Remove file or folder

$ rm file_name

5. Create folder

$ mkdir folder_name

6. Looking for network device

$ ifconfig

or for only wireless device

$ iwconfig

7. downloading file from internet/intranet

$ wget http://filesource

And many more and more, because linux is very rich command line you can learn. I hope you enjoy...