Okay if your still on the easy road to

linux

 ,
heres a command to help you until you
can sources.list and all that jazz:



If your trying to install something
and the sources.list isnt quite right
then do an 'apt-get update --fix-missing'
and it will fix it fer ya...

and if you REALLY continue to whine about
the command line:

apt-get install synaptic

Will install the synaptic package manager
so you can point and click your way to
stability....

Ubuntu

  desktop edition comes preloaded with Synaptic. It's probably the best GUI package manager available. Which means it's just a little worse than the worst command-line package manager.

Do it from the command line.

Okay, I try to ..... how would i uninstall thttpd from
the command line?

isn't it just apt-get remove ?

sweet. thanks!  trying to LAMP the knoppix hd install.....that was in the way

okay i have no gui installed now...  how can i pidgin or gaim
from the command line?

i remember some old vt-100 chat style programs but they
were for useres of a single system to chat... anything i
can chat with someone on the out side of the ether?

I have never looked into that facet of it m8, sorry.