There’s no one operating system called Linux that you can install on your computer. Instead, you download Linux distributions that each do things a slightly different way. That means there’s no one app store you will encounter in the Linux world.

How do I download apps on Linux laptop?

For example, you’d double-click a downloaded . deb file, click Install, and enter your password to install a downloaded package on Ubuntu. Downloaded packages can also be installed in other ways. For example, you could use the dpkg -I command to install packages from the terminal in Ubuntu.

Is there an app store for Ubuntu?

A whole world of apps

Ubuntu offers thousands of apps available for download. Most are available for free and can be installed with just a few clicks.