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Originally Posted by Lord Nikon
Generally in ubuntu the main system updater tends to handle updates to all software.
Click on System, Administration, Update manager
When it launches it will tell you what updates are available. Click on Install updates then enter your password when asked.
It's as simple as that. Think of it as windows update on steroids.
Ok, this one is a little harder, there is a nice howto on it Here and the most you will be doing really to install them is copy and paste into a terminal.
While you are at it, if you wish to be able to edit video then type in the following into a terminal window.
sudo apt-get install kdenlive
follow the instructions on screen and you will have a video editing package the equal of Sony Vegas.
Hope this helps. |
I'm not sure from the OPs post, but one thing to remember is that the version of the software in the Ubuntu repositores will typically be older (more tested with Ubuntu) than the latest and greatest out there.
If you want/need new versions of the software though, most popular software sites will run their own PPAs with newer versions you can add as a software source and manage the same way through Synaptic and the update manager.