Chapter 3 Using your Raspberry Pi^49THE OFFICIAL RASPBERRY PI BEGINNER’S GUIDE
If a piece of software has a tick next to it, it’s already installed on your Raspberry Pi. If it
doesn’t, you can click on the check-box next to it to add a tick and mark it for installation.
You can mark as many pieces of software as you like before installing them all at once,
but if you’re using a smaller than recommended microSD card you may not have room for
them all.
You can also uninstall software in the same way: find a piece of software which already
has a tick in its check box, then click on the tick to remove it. If you’ve made a mistake or
changed your mind, just click again to put the tick back.
When you’re happy with your software selection, click the OK button to begin the
installation or uninstallation process (Figure 3-19). After downloading and installing any
new software you’ve chosen, a dialogue box will appear; click OK to close the Recommended
Software tool.
5 Figure 3-19: Uninstalling software
An additional tool for installing or uninstalling software, the Add/Remove Software tool,
can be found in the same Preferences category of the Raspbian menu. This offers a wider
selection of software, but which has not been vetted by the Raspberry Pi Foundation.