Kubuntu Newbie here.....

[Man-wai CHANG]

> 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....

FIRSTLY, enable the Universe repositories in /etc/apt/sources.list.
apt-get update.
then apt-cache search your_favorite_tools



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