Kubuntu Newbie here.....

Bruce Marshall bmarsh
Wed Nov 8 07:12:10 PST 2006


On Wednesday 08 November 2006 10:03, Michael Hipp wrote:
> Bruce Marshall 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.
>
> Search for packages here before you conclude they're not in the repo:
>
>    http://packages.ubuntu.com/
>
> For example, e3 is there: http://packages.ubuntu.com/edgy/editors/e3
>
> In my experience, it will be a rare experience to have to compile something
> from source on Ubuntu.
>
> Michael

Obviously I am going through the phase of finding all the pieces....   Is 
there any list of the repositories that I may need to add to Adept or 
synaptic?



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