kubuntu configuration

[Mike Reinehr]

On Saturday 11 November 2006 20:18, Alma J Wetzker wrote:
> > couple of ways to do this, but the easiest:
> >
> > cd /var/cache/apt/archives
> > dpkg -i file_to_install.deb
> >
> > Note: ?using dpkg, you may run into dependency problems. ?I prefer
> > dselect -- it handles dependencies, but you need to set up the proper
> > archives in /etc/apt/sources.list first.
> >
> > dpkg is the low-level program dselect, apt-get, etc. use.
>
> Thanks, David. ?That is exactly what I needed in the short term. ?I
> would like to get everything working through apt, but that can wait
> until the wife is happy.
>
> ? ? -- Alma

Alma,

For the long term the easiest way to do this in a Debian environment is to add 
one or more of the following lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list file:

deb ftp://ftp.tux.org/java/debian/ stable non-free
deb ftp://ftp.tux.org/java/debian/ testing non-free
deb ftp://ftp.tux.org/java/debian/ unstable non-free

Then use aptitude or synaptic to download & install the debian Java package.

All credit to David, but I didn't have the patience to figure out dselect. 
Aptitude was much easier to learn and also handles dependencies. (Aptitude is 
a console application, while synaptic runs under a gui.)  As David said, 
these both are wrappers to dpkg.

If you install any application into a Debian environment that is not in a deb 
package you would be well advised to install into /usr/local, so as not to 
conflict with the database & applications managed by dpkg.

Cheers!

cmr
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