[Ham-Linux] Ubuntu and Me

[Roger Rehr]

You *may* have a limited list of repositories, but there ARE many 
programs for which there is not a "packaged" version that magically 
installs and where you need to compile the program.

Synaptic is the easiest way to go for downloading and updating programs 
with Ubuntu.  If you don't have it, do:

[sudo] apt-get install synaptic

and then give it a whirl.

Here is the list of repositories I have listed in 
/etc/apt/sources.list, just as an example to compare with your own.  
Some of the long lines may get mangled [turned into 2 lines] by the 
email software between us:

# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates main restricted 
universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-backports main 
restricted multiverse universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-backports main 
restricted multiverse

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security main restricted 
multiverse universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security main 
restricted multiverse

#AUTOMATIX REPOS START

## uPure64 Repository
deb http://janvitus.interfree.it/ubuntu/ feisty-upure64 main-amd64
deb-src http://janvitus.interfree.it/ubuntu/ feisty-upure64 main-amd64

## uPure64 Repository (Experimental)
deb http://janvitus.interfree.it/ubuntu/ feisty-upure64 experimental-amd64
deb-src http://janvitus.interfree.it/ubuntu/ feisty-upure64 experimental-amd64

deb http://www.getautomatix.com/apt feisty main

deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu feisty-commercial main

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-backports main restricted 
multiverse

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-updates multiverse

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security main restricted 
multiverse
#AUTOMATIX REPOS END

deb http://www.nitehawk.com/w3sz/debs etch main non-free contrib

deb http://www.texware.it/ubuntu feisty/
deb-src http://www.texware.it/ubuntu feisty/

deb http://ubuntu.beryl-project.org feisty main

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-proposed restricted main 
multiverse universe

deb http://download.tuxfamily.org/3v1deb feisty eyecandy

deb-src http://download.tuxfamily.org/3v1deb feisty eyecandy

# deb http://ubuntu.beryl-project.org edgy main


73,

W3SZ
Roger Rehr
http://www.nitehawk.com/w3sz


Quoting Dave 'Doc' Corio <dcorio at zitomedia.net>:

> (this was inadvertently sent as a private email. Posted here to "catch up!)
>
> This is becoming much more complex than I anticipated. I just took a
> look at what would be involved to run FLDigi, and it's scary! Seems I
> need a compiler, two programs that must be compiled a specific way
> before I can even begin to download and run FLDigi! Yikes! I knew LINUX
> wasn't PnP, but looks like I have to learn a totally different way of
> doing things, and much more complex at that. I have a few questions for
> starters.....
>
>    1. The programs that I can access through the "add/remove" utility in
> Ubuntu all seem to be PnP. I just download them, and they "magically"
> become programs. The list of programs, however, is limited. Is there any
> way to change the "server" that these programs are coming from, or is
> that the only one available?
>
>    2. Am I missing an easier method of finding and loading programs? I
> found FLDigi, FLTK and Hamlib(the 2 pgms I need to run FLDigi), but the
> installation instructions may as well be in Greek as far as I can tell.
> Is this the norm?
>
>    I'll start with those two questions and see what they generate before
> I start getting in too deep hi hi!
>
> tnx es 73
> Dave
> KB3MOW
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Roger Rehr
W3SZ
http://www.nitehawk.com/w3sz