Appendix B Installing and Uninstalling Software 217THE OFFICIAL RASPBERRY PI BEGINNER’S GUIDE
Browsing available software
To see and search the list of software packages available for Raspbian, using what are known
as its software repositories, click the raspberry icon to load the menu, select the Preferences
category, then click on Add/Remove Software. After a few seconds, the tool’s window
will appear.
The left-hand side of the Add/Remove Software window contains a list of categories – the
same categories that you find in the main menu when you click on the raspberry icon. Clicking
on one will show you a list of the software available in that category. You can also enter a
search term in the box at the top-left of the window, such as ‘text editor’ or ‘game’, and see
a list of matching software packages from any category. Clicking on any package brings up
additional information about it in the space to the bottom of the window.