Ubuntu commom problems

Common problems of Ubuntu beginners

 

 

 1- System program problem detected

 

you can disable it by opening Terminal and then copy following command  in Terminal and then enter

sudo apt remove apport apport-gtk

2- How to install softwares?

    If you ever used Andorid or Iphone , you know about Ubuntu software store . Same way here is software store from where you can install softwares.

3- How to install softwares not present in        

     Software store

     You can install softwares not included in software store by

       donwloading .deb (same like .exe in windows Os) or Portable files

       .AppImage 

       You can also do it by adding ppa ( a trusted and verified ppa benifit 

       of  auto update of application

4- How to Add PPA 

    To add ppa . 

1. open Terminal and copy the ppa ( some useful ppa are  Here)  and paste it in terminal and press Enter 
2. then put  your password (which will not be visible) and then press Enter again
3. If you want to add another ppa then follow above steps for that ppa and then use following command to let the system refresh softwares repositories so that softwares concerned to that ppa are added in software store

          now open Ubuntu software Store and type name of software to and then install that   
         softwares 

• 5- How to install multiple softwares with single  click

1. if you are somehow lazy and want to install More than 1 softwares with a single click   you can do it with following way 
2. Open terminal and put following command
3. sudo apt install 1st software 2nd software 3rd software
4. for example you want to install pinta,vidcutter and vlc browser-plugin-vlc  then put
5. sudo apt install pinta vidcutter vlc browser-plugin-vlc

and press enter and then put your password and thats all 

 6- How to install Themes to customize Ubuntu  

1. you can download tons of themes from this website 

   1. click on files (as shown in pic) and then click desired file to download the tar.xz file

      

       

      2- after download is completed open folder and right click on files and select "extract here"

      3- Open terminal and enter following command and put your password

             gksudo nautilus   

      4-  Go to the folder where you downloaded and extracted tar.xz files .

      5- copy extracted files only and then open Filesystem which will be shown in left side 

      6 then go to "usr" then "share" and then "themes" and paste the folders in "themes" 

      Now Install tweak tool by putiing following command in terminal

       sudo apt install gnome-tweak-tool  

      and then password and enter

      7 after installation open tweak tool and from there you can select different themes