• Open a Terminal Window
• The Current Working Directory
• The Command Prompt
• Running a Command
• To run a command with elevated permissions:
• What if I enter a misspelled command?
• Interrupting a Command
• Navigating Folders
• To list the contents (both files and folders) of the current working directory:
• To change to directory that is within the current working directory:
• To change to subdirectory:
• To move up to the folder that is the parent of the current working directory:
• To view previous commands entered:
• To exit the terminal window:
• Using version number to determine if a program has been installed:
• There are many resources on the web that give more thorough explanations of terminal commands. Please access them. This short explanation is provided to make installation easier.