If you're having trouble adjusting to the Ubuntu terminal and issuing Linux commands with confidence start using a basic command that you'll use often. This tutorial focuses on issuing the 'sudo apt-get install' and 'sudo apt-get remove' commands to install and remove packages quickly from the command line.

Open The Terminal Window

The Terminal window is located in the menu at Applications Terminal.

In the screenshot below you can see what the terminal window looks like.

Install A Software Package

Once you have the terminal window open type in the following command.

Replace the word packagename with the name of the package you want to install.

Remove A Software Package

You can also remove packages using a similar command seen below.

Replace the word packagename with the name of the package you want to remove.