To Do List After installing Ubuntu 10.04 aka Lucid Lynx
It has become a tradition with my to do lists. This time, it’s for “Lucid Lynx”, the new Ubuntu release from Canonical. And yep it’s better than the previous version “Karmic Koala”. There have been some drastic changes in the UI and under the hood. Lucid Lynx, out of box, is faster, more social, cloud integrated…basically it feels like an operating system you would want to use today. So without wasting any more word let’s get on with the list 
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1 – Expand the Software Repository List
First of all, lets make Ubuntu “see” more packages. Go to the terminal and edit your sources.list with :
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
Here is the content of my sources.list which I think is quite complete to have all the necessary applications you could ever need. So delete the whole content of your sources list and replace it with the content of mine
Save it. Now import the necessary repositories keys to avoid “aptitude” crying about some missing keys, go to the terminal and type:
sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com DCF9F87B6DFBCBAE F9A2F76A9D1A0061 A040830F7FAC5991 2EBC26B60C5A2783
Get your system up to date with :
sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude full-upgrade
Now all your programs will run on the last version.
2 – Anti-Virus
Windows equivalent : AVG AntiVirus, NAV, TrendMicro, F-Prot, Kaspersky, …
Ubuntu equivalent : ClamAV, Avast
ClamAV
sudo aptitude install clamav clamtk
Access it through System Tools → Virus Scanner .
Avast
wget http://files.avast.com/files/linux/avast4workstation_1.3.0-2_i386.deb && sudo dpkg -i avast4workstation_1.3.0-2_i386.deb
Access it through Accessories → avast! Antivirus .
3 – Essential tools for compiling from sources
sudo aptitude install build-essential checkinstall cdbs devscripts dh-make fakeroot libxml-parser-perl check avahi-daemon
4 – Java runtime environment
Java is a very important thing to install, now that many programs like Azureus need it to run. So type:
sudo aptitude install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin equivs
6 – Multimedia
Windows equivalent : windows media player, real player, vlc, mplayer
Ubuntu equivalent : vlc, mplayer, helix player
To have Ubuntu playing all kinds of stuff, you need to install many codecs. So on the Terminal, type:
* Installing vlc and mplayer (plays almost everything):
sudo aptitude install vlc mplayer
* Common packs
sudo aptitude install non-free-codecs libxine1-ffmpeg gxine mencoder mpeg2dec vorbis-tools id3v2 mpg321 mpg123 libflac++6 ffmpeg libmp4v2-0 totem-mozilla icedax tagtool easytag id3tool lame nautilus-script-audio-convert libmad0 libjpeg-progs libmpcdec3 libquicktime1 flac faac faad sox ffmpeg2theora libmpeg2-4 uudeview flac libmpeg3-1 mpeg3-utils mpegdemux liba52-dev
* Gstreammer 0.10
sudo aptitude install gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mp3 gstreamer0.10-gnonlin gstreamer0.10-pitfdll gstreamer0.10-sdl gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse gstreamer0.10-schroedinger gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse totem-gstreamer
* More programs
sudo aptitude install gstreamer-dbus-media-service gstreamer-tools ubuntu-restricted-extras
* Enable dvd support
sudo aptitude install libdvdcss2 && sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/./install-css.sh
* Flash
sudo aptitude install gsfonts gsfonts-x11 flashplugin-nonfree
7. Tweak your eyecandy
Ubuntu 10.04 comes with compiz fusion effects OOTB but doesn’t offer a way to customize them.
In a terminal copy/paste this:
sudo aptitude install simple-ccsm
Now navigate to System → Preferences → Simple CompizConfig Settings Manager .
8 – Missing Windows software?? Run Windows softwares in Linux!!!
Run Windows Applications such as 7zip, Google Sketchup, AutoCAD, Dreamwaver, Flash MX, Fireworks MX, IE6, IE7, Safari, Itunes, Windows Media Player and many more…
Play Windows Games in Linux like Age Of Empires, Call Of Duty, Diablo, Fear, Fallout, Far Cry, Grand Theft Auto, Half Life, Halo, Hitman, Max Payne, Need For Speed, Prince Of Persia, Sim City Star Wars, The Simsworld of warcraft , Tomb Raider, Warcraft, World Of Warcraft, Counterstrike and many other can be played.
Install Playonlinux. It’s based on wine. Wine is a compatibility layer for running Windows programs in Linux.
sudo aptitude install wine playonlinux
9 – Clipboard Management
By Default in ubuntu when u copy something from an application and closes the application u will not be able to access it from the clipboard. And also when u copy severals text in serial u only have the last on available to you in the clipboard. To solve that install either of the following but Glipper is better because it supports plugins.
Glipper
sudo aptitude install glipper
Then right click ur panel → Add to Panel then drag Clipboard Manager to ur panel
Parcellite
sudo aptitude install parcellite
10 – Archiver/ Packing software
Windows equivalent : winrar, zip, 7zip
Ubuntu equivalent : tar, unrar, p7zip, arj, unace
It’s bad when you don’t have Internet on your computer/notebook, but you have to pack/unpack something but the file format isn’t recognized by the system. To prevent from this bad situation, you can install a bunch of packing software by typing this on the terminal:
sudo aptitude install unace rar unrar zip unzip p7zip-full p7zip-rar sharutils uudeview mpack lha arj cabextract file-roller
11 – Graphical web browser
Windows equivalent : Internet explorer, firefox, opera
Ubuntu equivalent : Firefox, opera, chromium
Opera
sudo aptitude install opera
Firefox (installed by default intrepid)
sudo aptitude install firefox
Chromium (open source equivalent of Google Chrome)
sudo aptitude install chromium-browser chromium-browser-l10n
12 – Download Manager
Windows equivalent : Free download manager
Ubuntu equivalent : Multiget
MultiGet is a http/ftp downloader with a nice GUI for linux desktop users. It can run on almost all desktops without any configuration. It has many powerful functions comparing to others.
sudo aptitude install multiget
Access it through Applications → Internet → MultiGet .
13 – Graphical Email client
Windows equivalent : Outlook
Ubuntu equivalent : Evolution, Thunderbird
Evolution (installed by default in lucid)
sudo aptitude install evolution
Access it through Applications → Internet → Evolution Mail .
Thunderbird
sudo aptitude install thunderbird
Access it through Applications → Internet → Mozilla Thunderbird Mail/News .
14 – Instant Messanging protocal clients
Windows equivalent : MSN messenger, Yahoo messenger, QQ, AIM, Gtalk, ICQ,IRC
Ubuntu equivalent : Empathy, Pidgin, emesene
Empathy IM Client (installed by default)
Add the related launchpad repository :
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:telepathy/ppa && sudo aptitude update
Then install it by running the following :
sudo aptitude install empathy telepathy-mission-control-5 telepathy-gabble telepathy-butterfly telepathy-haze telepathy-idle telepathy-salut telepathy-sofiasip libtelepathy-farsight0 python-tpfarsight galago-eds-feed python-galago python-galago-gtk msn-pecan
Access it through Applications → Internet → Empathy IM Client .
Pidgin
Pidgin is an easy to use and free chat client used by millions. Connect to AIM, MSN, Yahoo, and more chat networks all at once. Supported chat networks: AIM, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, Google Talk, Groupwise, ICQ, IRC, MSN, MySpaceIM, QQ, SILC, SIMPLE, Sametime, XMPP, Yahoo!, Zephyr
Add the launchpad repository :
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pidgin-developers/ppa && sudo aptitude update
Then install it :
sudo aptitude install pidgin pidgin-data pidgin-lastfm pidgin-guifications msn-pecan pidgin-musictracker pidgin-plugin-pack pidgin-themes
Access it through Applications → Internet → Pidgin Internet Messenger .
Emesene only for MSN Messenger.
Add the launchpad repository :
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bjfs/ppa && sudo aptitude update
Then install it :
sudo aptitude install emesene
Access it through Applications → Internet → Emesene .
15 – VOIP
Windows equivalent : skype
Ubuntu equivalent : skype
Skype
sudo aptitude install skype
Access it through Applications → Internet → Skype.
16 – Viewing PDF files
Windows equivalent : Adobe Reader
Ubuntu equivalent : Adobe Reader
Adobe Reader
sudo aptitude install acroread acroread-fonts
Access it through Applications → Office → Adobe Reader.
17– Adobe Air
wget http://airdownload.adobe.com/air/lin/download/latest/AdobeAIRInstaller.bin
chmod +x ./AdobeAIRInstaller.bin
sudo ./AdobeAIRInstaller.bin
Access it through Applications → Accessories → Adobe Air Application Installer.
18 – Music / MP3 / OGG Players
Windows equivalent : iTunes, Winamp
Ubuntu equivalent : Rhythmbox, Banshee, Amarok
Rhythmbox
sudo aptitude install rhythmbox
Access it through Applications → Sound & Video → Rhythmbox Music Player.
Banshee
sudo aptitude install banshee banshee-extension-ubuntuonemusicstore libappindicator0-cil banshee-extension-appindicator banshee-extension-lyrics banshee-extension-mirage
Access it through Applications → Sound & Video → Banshee Media Player.
Amarok
sudo aptitude install amarok amarok-common
Access it through Applications → Sound & Video → Amarok.
19– Hard Disk Partitions Manager
Windows equivalent : Symanted Partition Magic
Ubuntu equivalent : GParted
GParted
sudo aptitude install gparted ntfsprogs menu ntfs-config
Access it through System → Administration → Partition Editor.
20 – Vector Graphics Editor
Windows equivalent : Adobe Illustrator
Ubuntu equivalent : Inkscape
Inkscape
sudo aptitude install inkscape
Access it through Applications → Graphics → Inkscape Vector Graphics Editor.
21 – Image Editor
Windows equivalent : Adobe Photoshop, Paint.Net
Ubuntu equivalent : GIMP
GIMP
Add the launchpad repository :
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:matthaeus123/mrw-gimp-svn && sudo aptitude update
Then install it with the following command :
sudo aptitude install gimp gimp-data gimp-plugin-registry gimp-data-extras
Access it through Applications → Graphics → GIMP Image Editor.
PINTA
Add the launchpad repository :
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:moonlight-team/pinta && sudo aptitude update
Then install it with the following command :
sudo aptitude install pinta
Access it through Applications → Graphics → Pinta Image Editor.
22 – 3D Graphics Applications
Windows equivalent : 3D Studio MAX
Ubuntu equivalent : Blender
Blender
sudo aptitude install blender
Access it through Applications → Graphics → Blender (windowed).
23 – Simple Yet Advanced Text Editor
Windows equivalent : Notepad ++
Ubuntu equivalent : GEdit
GEdit
sudo aptitude install gedit gedit-plugins
Access it through Applications → Accessories → Text Editor.
24 – Office Applications
Windows equivalent : Microsoft Office
Ubuntu equivalent : OpenOffice
OpenOffice
sudo aptitude install openoffice.org
Access it through Applications → Office
25 – Microsoft Visio
Windows equivalent : Microsoft Visio
Ubuntu equivalent : Dia
Dia
sudo aptitude install dia
Access it through Applications → Graphics → Dia Diagram Editor
26 – Microsoft Project
Windows equivalent : Microsoft Project
Ubuntu equivalent : OpenProj
OpenProj
wget http://nchc.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/openproj/openproj_1.4-2.deb && sudo dpkg -i openproj_1.4-2.deb
Access it through Applications → Office → OpenProj
27 – Development IDE
Windows equivalent : Dreamweaver
Ubuntu equivalent : Quanta, Kompozer, NetBeans
Quanta
sudo aptitude install quanta
Access it through Applications → Programming → Quanta Plus
Komposer
sudo aptitude install kompozer nvu
Access it through Applications → Internet → Kompozer
NetBeans
sudo aptitude install netbeans
Access it through Applications → Programming → NetBeans IDE
28 – Source Control Management
Windows equivalent : TortoiseSVN
Ubuntu equivalent : RabbitVCS
RabbitVCS
Add the launchpad repository :
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rabbitvcs/ppa && sudo aptitude update
Then install it :
sudo aptitude install rabbitvcs-nautilus
killall nautilus
Right Click on any folder or file and access the RabbitVCS submenu
29 – Graphical FTP clients
Windows equivalent : CuteFTP, SmartFTP
Ubuntu equivalent : FileZilla
FileZilla
This is great FTP program, very complete, in my opinion, the best one for linux.
On the terminal type:
sudo aptitude install filezilla filezilla-common
Access it through Applications → Internet → FileZilla FTP Client.
30 – P2P Clients / Servers, File Sharing
Windows equivalent : utorrent, azureus, emule
Ubuntu equivalent : Deluge, azureus, amule
Bittorent clients
Deluge (written in python)
Add the launchpad repository :
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deluge-team/ppa && sudo aptitude update
Then install it :
sudo aptitude install deluge-torrent
Access it through Applications → Internet → Deluge Torrent.
Azureus: Uses Java to run, very complete but a bit heavy
sudo aptitude install azureus
Access it through Applications → Internet → Azureus.
Emule Donkey Clients
Amule
Add the launchpad repository :
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:happyaron/amule-dlp && sudo aptitude update
Then install it with the following command :
sudo aptitude install amule-dlp amule-dlp-gnome-support amule-dlp-utils-gui amule-dlp-daemon
Access it through Applications → Internet → aMule.
31 – Programs for CD burning with GUI
Windows equivalent : Nero, Roxio Easy CD Creator
Ubuntu equivalent : K3b, Brasero
K3b
Nero is available for linux,but its not free.A trial is available for 1 month usage and later it asks or activation code.But K3B is as good as Nero.Have a good feature set as Nero.
sudo aptitude install k3b k3b-data libk3b6
Access it through Applications → Sound & Video → K3B.
Brasero (installed by default in Lucid)
sudo aptitude install brasero
Access it through Applications → Sound & Video → Brasero Disc Burning .
32 – Mountings ISO files
Windows equivalent : Alcohol
Ubuntu equivalent : acetoneiso
Acetoneiso
The best one for linux ACETONEISO, which is similar to ALCOHOL in windows
its supports almost all formats. AcetoneISO is CD/DVD image manipulator for Linux.Using this tool it is very easy to Mount and Unmount ISO,MDF,NRG Images . I dont think its available in ubuntu repository.
sudo aptitude install libksba8 libenca0 libtwolame0 fuseiso kommander p7zip-full gnupg-agent gnupg2 pinentry-qt mencoder cdrdao && wget http://darkstar.ist.utl.pt/getdeb/ubuntu/jaunty/ac/acetoneiso_2.1.1-1~getdeb1_i386.deb && sudo dpkg -i acetoneiso_2.1.1-1~getdeb1_i386.deb
33 – Install Vista like gadgets.
Windows equivalent : Vista Sidebar
Ubuntu equivalent : google-gadgets
Google gadgets
sudo aptitude install google-gadgets-gtk
This will complete the installation.
Now press Alt+F2, and type “ggl-gtk” to start them. You should see a small icon show up in your system tray, and a sidebar. Right click on any of them and select ‘Add Gadgets’ to show a menu. If you’d like to have Google Gadgets start automatically, go to System – Preferences – Session, click ‘Add’, paste ‘Google Gadgets’ for the name and ‘ggl-gtk’ for the command. Click OK and Close, and you’re good to go.
34 – Google Desktop
Google Desktop allows one to full text search of a user’s e-mail, computer files, music, photos, chat, and Web pages viewed,OpenOffice documents , PDF files and more .
Now similar tools already existed on Linux like beagle (supported by novell ) , meta tracker etc . However Google Desktop search is not based on any of these tools and uses its proprietary algorithms to search for files on the computer ,also being 1.0 release and more stable then these products it could be preferred over tools like beagle .
To install Google Desktop Search type the following command in the terminal window : -
sudo aptitude install google-desktop-linux
Access it through Applications → Google Desktop → Google Desktop
Now after choosing appropriate option through Applications → Google Desktop → Google Desktop Preferences, you would find Google Desktop icon in the bar at the top of the screen , now it would automatically scan and index files on computer and store it in local database which could be searched using web browser .
35 – Photo Management
Google Picasa
Google Picasa is an extremely professional good looking photo management application available on Windows ,Linux and Mac OS. Now Google Picasa has a number of features that many photo management software on Linux dont have further Google Picasa looks very user friendly as compared to similar open source application available on linux . Now Google Picasa for Linux is not a native linux application but runs on Linux thru application layer called wine which allows many windows application to run flawlessly on Linux.
Now to install Google – Picasa type the following command in the terminal window
wget http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/pool/non-free/p/picasa/picasa_3.0-current_i386.deb && sudo dpkg -i picasa_3.0-current_i386.deb
Access it through Applications → Graphics → Picasa → Picasa
36 – Map Viewing and Management
Google Earth
To install Google Earth type the following command in the Terminal Window.
sudo aptitude install googleearth
After downloading is over you will get a screen like this press ¨Yes¨ to accept the license agreement and complete software installation.
Now you can launch Google Earth from Application → Internet → Google Earth
37 – Gmail Notification
Checkgmail
If you would like to get notified when you have a new mail in your google mail account, checkgmail is for you. To install Checkgmail type the following command in the Terminal Window.
sudo aptitude install checkgmail
Now you can launch it from Application → Internet → CheckGmail
38 – Configure Firewall
If you are concern about your security, then it is pertinent that you activate the firewall and prevent any unauthorized access to your computer.
UFW is installed by default, but if you need a graphical interface, install GUFW.
sudo aptitude install gufw
39– Gnome Do
Gnome Do is a small application that allows you to search and do things faster and more efficiently in your Ubuntu machine. It is similar to QuickSilver in Mac and Launchy in Windows. For those who have not tried Gnome Do before, it might take some time for you to get used to it. But once you’re hooked to it, there will be no turning back for you.Gnome Do also comes with a dock interface that you can use it like any other docks.
sudo aptitude install gnome-do
Now you can launch it from Application → Accessories → Gnome Do
40 – Ubuntu Tweak
Ubuntu Tweak allows you to tweak your system settings, all in one place. You can install new applications, customize your desktop settings, configure your startup applications, changing the system filetype association and many more tweaks in this single application.
Add the launchpad repository :
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-tweak-testing/ppa && sudo aptitude update
Then install it with the following command :
sudo aptitude install ubuntu-tweak
Then access it through Applications → System Tools → Ubuntu Tweak
App Runner
App Runner is a small open source utility that makes it very easy to run any type of program/executable/script on any distro/OS that uses the nautilus file manager: Debian/Ubuntu/Super OS/Fedora/etc
wget http://hacktolive.org/files/app_runner/App_Runner_0.2.deb && sudo dpkg -i App_Runner_0.2.deb
Then right-click the file -> Scripts -> Run This App or Run This App (root)
[...] Ubuntu 10.04 aka Lucid Lynx is due next month (April 2010) so here is a useful link to help with setting up programs post-install. To Do List After installing Ubuntu 10.04 aka Lucid Lynx. [...]
Ubuntu Learner » Blog Archive » To Do List After installing Ubuntu 10.04 aka Lucid Lynx said this on March 21, 2010 at 10:47 pm |
I get this error message when I try to install some of these. What should I do:
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run ‘sudo dpkg –configure -a’ to correct the problem.
@seacop
Probably u run into some bad dependencies, try to run ‘sudo dpkg –configure -a’ as suggested or try to remove/undo a previous package u were trying o install also make sure u have a good sources.list covering the packages you wanna install, you can download mine provided at the top of the post
Thanks
Some interesting packages there Cheers
I do something similar, I run a script after a new Ubuntu install.
This reinstalls all of my favourite packages from a list.
All I need to do is remember to update the list
A Cleanstart for your new Ubuntu (Install Packages from a list)
Woohoo! Thanks again Salimane!
mike
Good list. However, I don’t think there is any need to add the PPAs for Pidgin and Gimp, they will be in the official repo
@Ricky
Yep for Pidgin and Gimp, there are in the repos but those will not get as up to date as the ones in launchpad so…
Thanks
I agree, it is a good list. But for the sources.list, I am wondering what is your sources.list content is that I can replace. You said “delete the whole content of your sources list and replace it with the content of mine”
@Daniel
I assume you’re following this list jut after a fresh setup. But if you’ve already have some personal repos in your sources.list, please feel free to add what you need/want from my sources.list
Thanks
I dont know this ubuntu 10.04 has been released. i just done configuring ubuntu 9.10.
for your suggestion, do i need to upgrade to ubuntu 10.04 right now? any pros and cons?
thanks
@Baloot
. But that’s for me, because sometimes things could break. So unless you can find your way around problems and get your hands a bit dirty on the command line, i would suggest you wait for the official release 
Well Lucid has not been released yet, but my problem is I don’t use Released applications, I only use alpha or beta softwares
Thanks
Man , definitely you made a hell of a job !!!
saves me a lot of time and effort.
Thanks a Lot !!!
Rico
While Lucid Lynx shows promise, I am disappointed with the sound on my desk top. Music starts playing and then suddenly stopped. I am using an Intell Quadcore machine with a CMI8378 sound card
@Tony
You have to admit it’s still in beta. Have you filed a bug on launchpad about that ? So by the time it gets released, you would have had your sound nicely working
Thanks
CheckGmail does not appear to be working in 10.04 Ubuntu Netbook Remix
@Jay
I’m using checkgmail on Ubuntu Desktop version so i’m not sure about the Netbook Remix
Thanks
Source list link is broken. Can you have a look?
@Karl
Just check the link it’s still working. Please check your internet conncetion or if dropbox is not blocked by your isp or country
Thanks
does this all work for 64 bit also
@Bill
Yep they should
Thanks
Thanks for the tips!
Avast is asking for a license i click the link and it’s pulling up an invalid Avast page.
@dude
may be there are having some problems this time, please try again next time
Thanks
wonderful! Thanks for this list. For pictures manager, however, I use Digikam!
Ratoune
Please remove No 36 because Googleearth is impossible to be installed through repositories. This is occurring since years now.
Just installed No 36 and working fine.
The Medibuntu worksheet covers most of this for all versions of Ubuntu
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu
which also covers some things missed and a lot of the rest is included in a standard install or is completely unnecessary.
There are a lot of nice additions in here of course but it’s not easy to separate out the gems from the clutter.
Some stuff would be great for programmers but definitely unwanted by people wanting the feel of Windows. Some stuff would confuse people just starting to migrate from Windows. For example mstcorefonts is great for interacting with Windows office users but the other fonts are just extras. In 3 years of normal gaming & watching movies (err & office use) i have never needed to compile anything but i would guess that programmers might.
If this guide cut the chaff and linked to existing official/community documentation then it would be a stunningly excellent resource. It would help people find how to tailor things to their own unique needs & tastes. There really seems to be some gems buried in here, somewhere.
Regards from
Tom
skype repo is missing from the list, thus `sudo apt-get install skype`isn`t working! otherwise great work!
@Viktor
just added skype repo
Thanks
28 April 2010
USA
dear Salimane,
Shukran habibee for your excellent lists. I’ve just installed 10.04 and my first link, was to your site to see if you had updated your earlier 9.04 and 9.10 lists which I have happily and gratefully used in the past. So helpful. Never an issue.
Take good care,
Sandy
sudo apt-key adv –recv-keys –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com DCF9F87B6DFBCBAE F9A2F76A9D1A0061 A040830F7FAC5991 2EBC26B60C5A2783
Getting timeout error upon this.
@Bit Hacker
Seems the server are a bit overloaded these days because of the official release. wait for some time and it should be ok.
Thanks
I always visit this blog when a new ubuntu comes out. You forgot to correct this
“7. Tweak your eyecandy
Ubuntu 9.04 comes with compiz fusion effects OOTB but doesn’t offer a way to customize them.”
I’m installing 10.04 as I write this. I think I’ll stay with it until a new LTS comes out.
@Marco
Thanks for the catch, just edited the typo
Thanks
Dear Salimane.
I have used your after install kit since the begin. You are a great human. Thanx.
A one stop for all post installation in ubuntu. Thanks
Thank you very very much !
now I don’t have google/youtube to find out all this. thanks
Dear Salimane.
Many, many thanks for your Ubuntu 10.04 “To Do List After Installing.” I, like so many others, really appreciate both the time and effort you put into giving us such a valuable tool. God bless!
This is wonderful and educative info. I implemented all of this almost 80% though I have already configured my options in lucid. If people were to know this kind of easy to understand instructions, they will show the Gate to Bill! Thanks so much.
What a superb resource – thanks so much for saving so much time. The only thing I think I’m missing is Truecrypt (which I also use on Windows boxes)
Thankx dude…you rock ma world
Awesome, just awesome. Perfect for a fresh install. Saved my day,
wow, am a total newbie to ubuntu and have just installed 10.04LTS, this list is exactly what a newbie needs to read and know! Thank you heaps for the effort, you’ve earned my respect. Will share this with my friends. Thank you again.
Hi
If you have problems with any multimedia the usual trick is to work through the Medibuntu worksheet
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu
I leave the ‘non-free’ components in and still haven’t had to pay anything as i don’t live in the USA or anywhere like that.
The next step for sound issues is to work through this trouble-shooting guide
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshootingProcedure
which usually involves posting a question to Launchpad
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+addquestion
Not every problem is a bug and often even a trivial answer can often solve a problem that has seemed like a serious challenge. If the answers in Launchpad or the documentation do seem tricky to follow then please ask a question about it in Launchpad or ask them to explain themselves more clearly.
Good luck with this!
Many regards from
Tom
Tom, thanks for the information. I’ve checked up on some of the possible causes and confirmed a few things already. But I will work through the problem following your links above and see what transpires. Again thanks, you’re very helpful.
Ian
yw
Glad to hear you have made progress already 
Good luck and regards from Tom
Salimane…thank you so very much for writing and posting this ‘to do list’, to say it’s brilliant is an understatement. It is invaluable to newer Ubuntu converts like me. I’ve now junked Microsoft Windows forever. I really can’t see I will ever need Windows again!! Lucid Lynx is absolutely perfect for me. My only slight difficulty is a sound defect which I am going to post a bug fault about (sound is not playing correctly and stops shortly after starting a track. Thanks again for your dedication.
Ian
Tks so mach from Poland! Dziekuję bardzo za zestaw programów!!
All progs is extra. Bfull!
Regards!
dude this would have to be one of the best lists i,ve seen on the net regarding ubuntu 10.04 , very much appreciated to get you up and running straight away, cheers
This was VERY helpful thank you! Candy for linux beginner
Just wanted to say thx… you’re lists have been so helpful since I started using ubuntu a year or two ago.
-MAB
great help to a new guy like me, thanks. have you ever heard of anyone successfully running quickbooks in linux?
thanks,
mike
HI
Interesting that you should mention Quickbook specifically as i was looking into this for a potential client sometime ago and found nothing BUT there are a couple of native linux equivalents which you can import data into. Once you have spent time learning something like Quickbooks or Sage it is remarkable how much easier it is to use a new one. They are necessarily quite similar. The linux one that i would prefer is “GnuCash” which you should be able to find free in Synaptic Package Manager
System – Administration – Synaptic
I realise you probably want to stay with the same old Quickbooks that you know and love as it might have taken 3years to gain proficiency in Quickbooks but moving to GnuCash will get you the same level of proficiency within a week or so.
If you really want to get a Windows program working in Ubuntu then you need to explore the Wine “Applications database” to see how to get the package/application working. Bear in mind that getting a Windows app to run in linux is a bit like getting a fish to breathe air, although thanks to the wonderful Wine (=Wine Is Not an Emulator) people this does usually succeed very easily
http://appdb.winehq.org/
Use their search feature to try to find what people have tried in order to get Quickbooks working through Wine.
You might also appreciate this link
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwitchingToUbuntu/FromWindows
and (for humour)
http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm
Mostly for this sort of app i would use either use a dual-boot or Windows installed on a virtual machine (re-using the same product key/licence key) so i could keep popping back into Windows for those odd things that i hadn’t figured out yet.
VirtualBox should also be easy to find and install, along with Wine, in your package manager. Although these things sound daunting they are a LOT easier than they sound!
I was disappointed in how easy they were as i had given myself a lot of time to try to get to grips and delayed using them until i had a stack of free-time for it. I could have saved a lot of time by trying VirtualBox sooner lol
Please note that the Launchpad website
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+addquestion
and
http://www.linuxquestions.org
are both excellent places to ask questions like this, so are the Wine forums.
Anyway, good luck and regards from
Tom
Why did I never find you b4! This is awesome! I have been using Ubuntu since 8.10!
Thank you so much. I was actually just trying to figure out how to begin using the GAE and GWT plugins in my Eclipse, and I ran across your site. I am now following you on Buzz and I hope you will contact me as I am working on an internationally significant project I think you would have interest in. I am located in the US. You are much more advanced than I am, and I would like your opinions on some things. Thank you again. I love my Ubuntu now!
@David Allen
. You can contact through my mail : salimane at google’s mail service.
Glad to know you love your ubuntu now
Thanks
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Ubuntu | www.holtbakk.no said this on July 5, 2010 at 10:06 pm |
What does this mean:
W: GPG error: http://linux.dropbox.com karmic Release: The following signatures couldn’t be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY FC918B335044912E
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ lucid/partner Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.canonical.com_ubuntu_dists_lucid_partner_binary-amd64_Packages)
I guess this is a problem with they keys?? I followed the first two steps a couple of times but still get this error message.
@Matt Unsworth
first try to add dropbox key :
sudo apt-key adv –recv-keys –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com FC918B335044912E
then check in your /etc/sources.list for a duplicate entry of “http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ lucid/partner” and delete it
then update again and it should be fine
Thanks
very very useful information for a newbie Ubuntu user. Keep it up
the only thing that actually installed on my system was adobe air, everything else didnt work, i noticed that some of the code was i386. reason why that sticks out to me is cause while installing some software i believe that i386 is a particular code for a intel proccessor, correct me if i am wrong but i am wondering if that is why it wont work with my system since i have a AMD processor
@Chris McMillan
yep amd 64 bits are different, so make sure u specify them in your sources.list and that the repos actually have 64 bits packages
Thanks
How do I need to change the source code on all of these things so my amd 64 works, also what is the code for 32 bit. I’m thinking it is just a slight variation but not for sure
Hi
Try asking questions at the official Launchpad website
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+addquestion
and
http://www.linuxquestions.org
are both excellent places to ask questions like this or anything else to do with Ubuntu. There is also
htt://www.ubuntuforums.com
Oddly the real officially supported one is the Launchpad site but even tho the ubuntuforums one is owned by someone else it is still very good. The linuxquestions on deals with all sorts of other distros, not just ubuntu but you will probably find some people work in all 3.
If you have installed 64bit Ubuntu then it should automatically give you 64bit versions or only 32bit versions where they have been found to work with 64bit ubuntu. It sounds as though you may have a wonky “Sources.list” so it might be worth copying that into whichever foirums you post into about this. To have a look at your sources try this from the top taskbar
System – Administration – Sources
err, i am not sure how to find it on the command-line or in your folders so that you can open it with a text-editor such as ‘gedit’ or ‘kate’, sorry, but if you find it then it would be easy to copy&paste into a questions thread.
I tend to stick with 32bit versions of OSes even on my 64bit machine as almost all the stuff you normally need a 64bit edition for (in Windows for example) is built into 32bit linuxes anyway. There’s only a couple of things which you are unlikely to need anyway (such as addressing over 3.2Gb ram when linux doesn’t need anything like that much ram usually). The 32bit editions tend to be much easier to use too
Good luck and regards from
Tom
Thank you for your such a nice tutorial with each new release of ubuntu.
well compiled list mate!!! great work!!!
sir, thank you for your great list of repositories. . . i configured my lucid for months now but i kept on receiving errors. . .i am on the process of getting all the applications
@carlos
I don’t understand your problem, could you rephrase it ?
Thanks
Hi
Just to make it clear that you do not need to install “everything”. There will be many programs that you never need or only need 1 time in a few years. Generally i avoid installing things but sometimes try something out and then uninstall it. Linux is very configurable and the best plan is to install things you need but not things that you don’t need. We all have different needs from our machines or from different machines or different needs at different times. Ubuntu Linux allows us to run a fairly perfect system for those needs most of the time.
Regards from
Tom
I installed avast following the steps above, it was running but when i updated the virus database it crushed. It displays the following message:”An error occured in avast! engine: Invalid argument”. Can you help me solve the problem sir. Thank you.
@carlos
try to run this :
sudo sysctl -w kernel.shmmax=12800000
then open avast again
Thanks
Hi,
I’ve followed your guides for a while. Do you have a Facebook page?
thanks a lot
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Xpro.se » Ersättare för kommersiella program said this on August 18, 2010 at 7:19 pm |
great post, maybe you can next update for Maverick Meerkat
@Sony Ak
Sure, you could check back at Maverick time
Thanks
Ok… thank you
what i like in your post is that you always compared to windows software. I just struggled on your blog while surfing through the net. Would be a good idea i guess if you would meta tag this articel for tags like windows linux applications
Salimane,
I we will back when Maverick shows up. You have done great work here.
Hi,
I successfully followed your instructions even though the first install of Java hung up on the user agreement.
This time, on my Asrock it hung up again and the install is asking me to do a manual install.
I have no idea how to do this.
Do you have a script for this or can you point me somewhere that has?
Another point I am unclear about are the multimedia codex installs.
e.g.
* Installing vlc and mplayer (plays almost everything):
sudo aptitude install vlc mplayer
* Common packs
etc etc
Do I hit return between each line or do I just copy and paste the lot together?
I really appreciate what you have done. I just dont know why Java keeps hanging up on the user agreement.
TVM
@ed
Each sudo starting line is a full command line. Try to copy the whole chunk and paste to hit enter. For the java part try to skip that part first and run the others first.
Thanks
For greater detail about codecs and multimedia generally try this link
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu
Of course being linux there are a few different ways of doing this although you will see a lot of similarities (eg they all say to install vlc & mplayer). An ‘easy’ gui way is to go up to the top taskbar and click on
System – Administration – “Synaptic Package Manager”
and use either search tool to find “vlc” and then “mplayer” then click on the “Apply” button. It is nice to get used to the command-line but there are options.
Good luck and regards from
Tom
You are always so far ahead of the curve!
Best Regards,
JJMacey
Tempe, Arizona
I only found Ubuntu OS last August 2010. I tried it and fell in Love with it right away. Thanks for this. You make my life in Ubuntu much more easier. Keep up the good work
Just awesome! Great to see a compiled list of stuff up front instead of having to search for stuff the second I need it! Of course this doesn’t cover all of my programming needs, but that’s a different story
Great list!
Cody
is there a gui program to download videos from youtube, the command line kind of sucks and only gives the flash format .flv. http://keepvid.com has a box where you copy and paste and it searches youtube using java, btw at cuurent momement using firefox 3.6.10 , and there java applet comes back as an error, normally when it works it brings up the youtube video then gives you the options to choose which format you want to download, i need .mp4 for my ipod. any ideas? i install the other browsers you mentioned in your to do list, while one of them work? thanks in advance.
In Firefox i use “DownloadHelper”
Tools – Addons – Get-Addons
Then the search tool a the top should let you find a few different Flash Downloaders some specifically mentioning YouTube because that is the one everyone knows. Any flash player/downloader should be good tho. I tried a few before settling on the one i use but you might find a different one is better for you & your system since the changes. I got something to convert flv to other formats such as mp3 or 4 or something but i think VLC movie player handles flv just fine. I try to avoid changing formats because its a bit like photocopying a photocopy of a photocopy, each time you change formats there is likely to be a loss in quality even tho i have noticed it degrading on my system.
Good luck and regards from Tom
oops, lot typos, sorry.
I have not noticed any loss in quality saving things from one format to another on my system. Well, not movies anyway.
Ok, if there are troubles with java then maybe use Synaptic Package Manager to uninstall java and then reinstall it again. The Windows-world approach would be to reboot between uninstalling and reinstalling so i would do that because i don’t know the elegant linuxy way of restarting selected services without rebooting.
From the top taskbar …
System – Administration – Synaptic
then either search tool to find java stuff. Probably a good plan to make a note of anything you uninstall. You can make a complete list of all packages installed on your system from Synaptic’s File menu if you want.
Note that in Xubuntu & Kubuntu the administration menu is inside the “All Programs” type menu as they don’t split the important menus along the taskbar. Kubuntu probably uses a different package manager but it will be fairly obvious when you find it. I think all three use “The Software Centre” but that is the broad-brush-strokes front-end whereas the Synaptic front-end (or the Kubuntu one) give more in-depth detail which is what is required to find the java stuff. All the package managers use the same back-end which you could use on the command-line but i prefer gui ways.
Good luck and hopefully something here should help!
Regards from Tom
Very nice list and set of command lines. I’m coming back to Linux after a couple of years away and your tips were great time savers!
Wonderful list..
An ultimate must read post for any linux crazy fellow..
Many Many thnx and keep writing such beautiful list.
thaxxxxxxxxxxx its help for me
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Thank you very much! All the informations are very useful.
I just wanna say I love that you do these To Do lists. I crash my system a lot messing with boot orders, and this is the first place I come after reinstalling my system to get everything up and running again. Thanks so much.
Whoohooo. Thank you very much for your magic list. This list will very useful for a lot of people including me.
For dropbox public key:
sudo apt-key adv –keyserver pgp.mit.edu –recv-keys 5044912E
For opera public key:
gpg –keyserver hkp://wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net –recv-keys F9A2F76A9D1A0061 | gpg –armor –export F9A2F76A9D1A0061 | sudo apt-key add -
Tnx a lot!
I have somethink like this. I’m newbie to Linux and Ubuntu.
W: GPG error: http://deb.playonlinux.com lucid Release: The following signatures couldn’t be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY E0F72778C4676186
W: GPG error: http://linux.dropbox.com karmic Release: The following signatures couldn’t be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY FC918B335044912E
pancka@punx:~$ sudo apt-key adv –recv-keys –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com FC918B335044912E
Executing: gpg –ignore-time-conflict –no-options –no-default-keyring –secret-keyring /etc/apt/secring.gpg –trustdb-name /etc/apt/trustdb.gpg –keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg –primary-keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg –recv-keys –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com FC918B335044912E
usage: gpg [options] [filename]
@pancka
there is a small mistake in your command, it should be :
sudo apt-key adv –recv-keys –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com FC918B335044912E
instead of
“sudo apt-key adv –recv-keys –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com FC918B335044912E”
Thanks
It worries me that Pancka is getting complaints about both karmic & lucid keys missing. Do you think it is a partial upgrade that needs to be completed? Do you think the Sources.list (the list of repositories being used) needs editing? Of course Karmic (9.10) only has a few more months support left whereas Lucid (10.04) still has about 2 years because it’s LTS. Should we find out or does the single command sort the whole issue?
Regards from
Tom
One of the most important things to know with any system is how to find help. These are the 2 main useful forums
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+addquestion
http://www.ubuntuforums.com
But the more general purpose forum
http://www.linuxquestions.org
is also very good with Ubuntu questions.
Good luck and regards from
Tom
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Hi Salimane, I’m running 32bit Ubuntu 10.04LTS and it is superb. Your wonderful to do list is admirable and makes it just right for me. I have the need to run the 64bit version of Ubuntu 10.04 now. Is you ‘To do list’ still ok to use for the 64bit version? Thanks for your continued support.
Ian
@IanW
I think it should be fine.
Thanks
Hi
It wont hurt to try it. I think the worst that could happen is that it just give an error report and not give you the extra functionality.
The standard Ubuntu documentation covers 64bit if you have trouble
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu
and has a nice search feature at the top-right of that page about multi-media.
When installing a new system linux allows you to keep the old system intact. You can dual-boot (or multi-boot) by just adding a new partition, preferably about 15Gb for Ubuntu, and install to their. The boot-menu gets sorted out automatically.
Good luck and regards from
Tom
Hi
Sorry, just to be clear. This guide/blog deals with far more than just multi-media.
The Medibuntu page does deal with almost all the multimedia issues you are likely to need and works for any and every release of Ubuntu that is still supported or about to be released. There are some extra things such as Xbmc-player or digital rather than analogue sound and surround-sound rather than paired speakers (plus bass) but those are specialist topics anyway.
Err, i misspelt “there” as “their” by mistake last time. Apols.
Regards from Tom
Salimane, Tom, thank you for the information about 64bit. I will try it and see how your ‘To do’ manages. I don’t need the 64bit for a couple of weeks but I’ll post back if you like to let everyone know how it goes. I’ll take a look at the ‘help’ link too as that should be quite informative. Oh…and by the way, I’m still completely ‘Windowless’ and loving it! Everything I could possible want from games to office and other software is loaded for use. It’s very stable too. Can’t beat Linux I reckon and I’m becoming more proficient thanks to you guys. Cheers for now! IanW
Salimane, is the star here. Thanks for saying thanks but he is the one that keeps on putting in the research and work to produce these for each release. I just threw in a couple of comments.
Many thanks and regards from Tom
Hi Salimane, just a quick post back to say you were right about your ‘To do List’ being ok for the 64bit Ubuntu 10.04.2LTS version. I found myself with some spare time and went straight ahead and loaded it (running alongside my 32bit version). The commands in your list worked fine and all my usual software (much of what you list) is now loaded and working flawlessly. I’ve been testing all afternoon! Only thing I found was a problem with some of lucids ‘keys’ I used your ‘Sources List’ as normal and found my machine crying out for KEYS to allow Playonlinux and some stuff (sorry not too technical) very similar to Pancka above. I didn’t make any mistakes but the terminal told me what keys to get and I just repeated the command you show at the top of your list above with the 3 MISSING KEY numbers and they loaded ok. All fine now. Many many thanks from this happy puppy!
Hey dude… you are the best dude.. your article helped a lot.. god bless you
thx for solving my problem on my gpg-keys. your list was awesome.
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Office 2007 installation nero linux Ubuntu Tweak 10.04 Lucid Lynx avant window navigator ubuntu | SQUADOWNLOAD said this on June 5, 2011 at 8:41 am |
Hi all,
I’ve got this error message, can anyone please help me to resolve it?
roberto@SAE1004032:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
couchdb-bin firefox firefox-branding firefox-gnome-support gdm
5 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 15.7MB of archives.
After this operation, 647kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 ftp://ftp.uwa.edu.au/ubuntu/ lucid-backports/main couchdb-bin 1.0.1-0ubuntu3~lucid1 [685kB]
Err ftp://ftp.uwa.edu.au/ubuntu/ lucid-backports/main couchdb-bin 1.0.1-0ubuntu3~lucid1
Unable to fetch file, server said ‘/ubuntu/pool/main/c/couchdb/couchdb-bin_1.0.1-0ubuntu3~lucid1_amd64.deb: No such file or directory ‘
Get:2 ftp://ftp.uwa.edu.au/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main firefox-gnome-support 3.6.16+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 [81.2kB]
Get:3 ftp://ftp.uwa.edu.au/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main firefox-branding 3.6.16+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 [208kB]
Get:4 ftp://ftp.uwa.edu.au/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main firefox 3.6.16+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 [12.7MB]
Get:5 ftp://ftp.uwa.edu.au/ubuntu/ lucid-backports/main gdm 2.30.2.is.2.30.0-0ubuntu5+langfixes~lucid1 [2000kB]
Err ftp://ftp.uwa.edu.au/ubuntu/ lucid-backports/main gdm 2.30.2.is.2.30.0-0ubuntu5+langfixes~lucid1
Unable to fetch file, server said ‘/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gdm/gdm_2.30.2.is.2.30.0-0ubuntu5+langfixes~lucid1_amd64.deb: No such file or directory ‘
Get:6 ftp://ftp.uwa.edu.au/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main firefox-gnome-support 3.6.16+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 [81.2kB]
Err ftp://ftp.uwa.edu.au/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main firefox-gnome-support 3.6.16+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
Unable to fetch file, server said ‘/ubuntu/pool/main/f/firefox/firefox-gnome-support_3.6.16+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1_amd64.deb: No such file or directory ‘
Get:7 ftp://ftp.uwa.edu.au/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main firefox-branding 3.6.16+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 [208kB]
Err ftp://ftp.uwa.edu.au/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main firefox-branding 3.6.16+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
Unable to fetch file, server said ‘/ubuntu/pool/main/f/firefox/firefox-branding_3.6.16+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1_amd64.deb: No such file or directory ‘
Get:8 ftp://ftp.uwa.edu.au/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main firefox 3.6.16+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 [12.7MB]
Err ftp://ftp.uwa.edu.au/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main firefox 3.6.16+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
Unable to fetch file, server said ‘/ubuntu/pool/main/f/firefox/firefox_3.6.16+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1_amd64.deb: No such file or directory ‘
Failed to fetch ftp://ftp.uwa.edu.au/ubuntu/pool/main/c/couchdb/couchdb-bin_1.0.1-0ubuntu3~lucid1_amd64.deb Unable to fetch file, server said ‘/ubuntu/pool/main/c/couchdb/couchdb-bin_1.0.1-0ubuntu3~lucid1_amd64.deb: No such file or directory ‘
Failed to fetch ftp://ftp.uwa.edu.au/ubuntu/pool/main/f/firefox/firefox-gnome-support_3.6.16+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1_amd64.deb Unable to fetch file, server said ‘/ubuntu/pool/main/f/firefox/firefox-gnome-support_3.6.16+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1_amd64.deb: No such file or directory ‘
Failed to fetch ftp://ftp.uwa.edu.au/ubuntu/pool/main/f/firefox/firefox-branding_3.6.16+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1_amd64.deb Unable to fetch file, server said ‘/ubuntu/pool/main/f/firefox/firefox-branding_3.6.16+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1_amd64.deb: No such file or directory ‘
Failed to fetch ftp://ftp.uwa.edu.au/ubuntu/pool/main/f/firefox/firefox_3.6.16+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1_amd64.deb Unable to fetch file, server said ‘/ubuntu/pool/main/f/firefox/firefox_3.6.16+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1_amd64.deb: No such file or directory ‘
Failed to fetch ftp://ftp.uwa.edu.au/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gdm/gdm_2.30.2.is.2.30.0-0ubuntu5+langfixes~lucid1_amd64.deb Unable to fetch file, server said ‘/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gdm/gdm_2.30.2.is.2.30.0-0ubuntu5+langfixes~lucid1_amd64.deb: No such file or directory ‘
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with –fix-missing?
Here is my source.list
# added by the release upgrader
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 9.04 _intrepid Jackalope_ - Alpha amd64 (20081218)]/ intrepid main restricted
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 8.04 _Hardy Heron_ - Release amd64 (20080423)]/ hardy main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
……..
Please help….
Thanks
Robert
@Robert
It’s because your current sources.list repos are not accessible for some reasons. Please try to follow the blog post by copying the content of the sources.list that i supplied with yours.
Thanks
Salimane – Brilliant! Many thanks for your lucid Lucid guidance – Walt Patterson
some one tell me how to install Yahoo messenger for ubuntu 10.4.
I think you can use wine to install the .exe file, which you can download here: http://messenger.yahoo.com/download/ ; if you haven’t installed wine, you can do so if you’ve adopted Salimane’s excellent Lucid Sources List (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1402212/lucid.sources.list).
However, I’m not certain this is necessary–if I’m not mistaken (I may be), Yahoo Messenger can now be used without locally installing the client.
Alternatively go up to the top-taskbar and click on
Applications – Internet – Empathy/Pidgin IM Client
and use that instead. Through Empathy or Pidgin you can IM people that are using different IM Clients.
If you really have to use Windows software then install Wine by going to the top taskbar and click on
System – Administration – “Synaptic Package Manager”
then use either search tool to find “wine” and install that. You might also want to install “PlayOnLinux”.
A lot of times the Windows software is not as good as the proper Gnu&Linux programs that are made for Ubuntu. They often look a bit different but you can do more with them especially when you start adding plug-ins and add-ons.
Regards from
Tom
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Apa yang dilakukan setelah install ubuntu 10.04 dkk | Fherie D'essentials said this on November 10, 2011 at 3:46 pm |
Hello, Really loved all the work you did on the website. It got my os up to date. I was thinking of changing over to the next Ubuntu os and if you have all of the information for setting it up, I will probably install it.
Thanks for making this available
@David
you can go to http://wp.me/pfYoQ-6I to get oneiric version
Thanks
Hi
The 10.04 is an LTS so it’s worth sticking with. Also the 11.04 and 11.10 are very very different so it’s a good idea to “take it for a test drive” a few times before committing yourself to it.
A lot of people hate the new releases and are moving to other distros such as Mint etc but i quite like it in a Virtual Machine or as an extra choice on a multi-boot machine. It’s a bit tough changing over to it full-time tho!
Definitely try the new Unity interface as a LiveCd, in a Virtual Machine and/or as an extra partition on your hard-drive tho as it’s the way things are going and it’s good to familiarise yourself before being ‘forced’ into it.
Regards from
Tom
how to install older version of openoffice.org base version 3.1 in ubuntu 10.04
Hi
OpenOffice hasn’t released since it’s 3.3.0 back before Oracle kinda gave it away to their court-room rivals “The Apache Foundation”. It was the only release they made in over a year of ownership. Now The Apache Foundation kinda own it and are doing extensive re-workings to re-license it under a copyright agreement that IBM might be happy contributing code to. You can try their pre-release but it isn’t really ready for mainstream usage yet (unless they released quietly in the last couple of weeks and i didn’t notice).
LibreOffice develops fast so they do a lot of sub-point releases. The 3.3.2 was the standard one in Ubuntu PPAs for a while but recently got upgraded to 3.4.5. I really recommend going with the 3.4.5. If you are having troubles with it then their new forum type thing for asking questions is at
http://ask.libreoffice.org/questions/
It looks complicated at first glance but just sign in or register a new OpenId and then post a question.
Hopefully whatever is bugging you about LibreOffice can be sorted out by them there.
I had a look around for older versions of LibreOffice but couldn’t find the 3.3.1. The only place i could find that had older versions was a 3rd party site that i have never used before so i avoided them. If Sourceforge or another reputable place had offered them i would have given the link. Anyway the earliest the strange site had was 3.3.3.
Regards from
Tom