Kubuntu Newbie here.....

[Collins Richey]

On 11/7/06, Bruce Marshall <bmarsh at bmarsh.com> wrote:
> Gack......
>
> I have this thing installed and am now wondering what is the best way to add
> packages that aren't (apparently) in the apt-get repositories....
>
> I was using a handy editor called  'e3'  under SuSE  (yes, I know enough vi to
> get me by)  but it's not there under the standard lists.
>
> Also some other things I use:   the,  regina,  ncftp     and the like.
>
> I know where to get these from their home source, as tar balls, but there must
> be a better way.
>

One way is to find an RPM package and use alien to convert it to a
deb. If you take this route, you may have to force dependancy checks.

As I'm sure you are aware, [K]ubuntu is not set up for source program
development out of the box. if you're building from source, you need
the build-essential meta package and probably the kernel headers as
well, and there may be KDE and QT development packages as well.. Be
sure to put the binary packages in /opt or /usr/local to avoid
polluting your deb database.

Also, pass your requests on to Ubuntu for future inclusion in the repositories.

-- 
Collins Richey
     If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries
     of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.