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,

I got interrupted earlier and forgot to mention that if you are running 
testing/unstable, which I'm sure you are, aptitude/apt-get will complain 
about not having a signing key to authenticate the java package from tux.org. 
It's explained here: 
http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/java2-status/jdk1.4-status.html and 
available here: http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/java2-status/gpg.asc

cmr
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