Installing Some Basic Softwares in Ubuntu 10.04

To install flash

sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

To install java

sudo apt-get install sun-java6-fonts sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin

To install a deb package

sudo dpkg -i packagename.deb


To see the installed packages

dpkg -l

To remove a deb package


sudo dpkg -r package-name

To search for a package


apt-cache search package name


To remove broken packages

sudo apt-get install -f