How to appear the "terminal window" ...? to install all KDE I must use:

[lse123]

I have in one partition vista and to other UBUNTU 8.10... Well to run KDE Apps like kdevelop or quanta plus,

How to appear the "terminal window" ...?
what to press after insert below command ?
to install all KDE I must use:
sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
???
is any way use protected download/install so if interupted continue later...or... [by error or not]?
may download files[repository] from browser .. so if interupted to start from the point left ? If interupted[download files[repository]], by running the command above, may then start from the point left ?

[L4Linux]

You can start the terminal by pressing alt+f2 and typing

gnome-terminal

Or go to Applications->Accessories->Terminal

kubuntu-desktop probably does not include kdevelop or quanta, so give this command

sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop quanta kdevelop

It is generally a good idea not to interrupt apt-get while it is working, because it may corrupt your package list. It can be fixed, but you can avoid it.

[lse123]

this is a download ? install after finish ? how many MBs the download [quanta & kdevelop] ? I must do this and AFTER run the installation file eg quanta plus ?

[L4Linux]

No, you don't have to download anything yourself. If you are connected to the Internet, apt-get will download the programs for you and install them. (This way you also avoid viruses, because apt-get downloads the programs from a trusted location, called "repository")
You will be able to choose KDE at the login screen, in options.
Quanta & Kdevelop should have an entry in Applications->Programming after they are installed.

[dale456654]

sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop quanta kdevelop

I would suggest replacing apt-get with aptitude so the command would be

sudo aptitude install kubuntu-desktop quanta kdevelop

Incase you ever wanted to uninstall KDE at some time...

[lse123]

quanta & kdevelop WILL INSTALL ALONG THE REPOSITORY or need separate installation ?

[D-cat]

1) Using aptitude is a text version of using Synaptic, they both rely on apt-get and dpkg, and all will update the installed package list for future updates or removals.

2) If you use the command L4linux suggested, all 3 packages as well as any dependencies will be downloaded FROM the repositories all in one shot.

My only suggestion is to first run sudo apt-get --update to make sure the repository package lists are up to date before you start downloading. It's annoying to start downloading and then the whole thing falls apart because a file is missing that was updated on the repository server.

[lse123]

Ialready installed=extracted quanta plus but not install the repository on ubuntu 8.10, is needed after install/download repository to reextract ? I must delete any prior re-extracting ?

[Bemk]

I just want to say you can also access the shell through pressing ctrl+alt+(F1 until F6) which will get you in the shell but it will be full screen. You can leave this mode by typing ctrl+alt+F7 because VT 7 holds the X server(that's default).

Just see for your self what you like most.

[D-cat]

It's not a bad idea to remove what you manually installed before replacing it with the version from the repositories. This eliminates the possibility that conflicting files installed in different locations fail to overwrite on the reinstall causing a dependency hell scenario where you have to manually chase down the conflicts and remove them a/o remake proper sym-links as necessary (the Linux version of DLL hell. Sticking with Synaptic in the future helps prevent such issues).

However, as long as you originally used the install script that came with the code, you might be able to safely just overwrite it.