[Ham-Linux] Ubuntu and Me

[Dave 'Doc' Corio]

    Roger, I did this command, but I suspect there must be something 
else I need to do to get the Synaptic. I got no error messages doing it, 
so I assume it was correct, but then how do I access this new area? 
Remember, you're talking to a complete novice at this - you can bet if 
it's real simple, I've missed it!

Tnx es 73
Dave
KB3MOW


Roger Rehr wrote:
> 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
>
>
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