Monthly Archives: October 2007

Mediubuntu in gutsy

  • Ubuntu 7.10 “Gutsy Gibbon”:
    sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/gutsy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
  • Then, add the GPG Key:
    wget -q http://packages.medibuntu.org/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add - && sudo apt-get update

With the entire Medibuntu repository

If you have added the entire Medibuntu repository, install the package using APT.

  • For i386, the package is called w32codecs:
    sudo apt-get install w32codecs
  • For amd64, the package is called w64codecs:
    sudo apt-get install w64codecs
  • For ppc, the package is called ppc-codecs:

    With individual packages

    If you wish to install just the individual external codecs package, you can first download the individual package and then install the package.

  • For i386, the package is called w32codecs:
    wget -c http://packages.medibuntu.org/pool/non-free/w/w32codecs/w32codecs_20061022-0medibuntu1+build1_i386.deb
    sudo dpkg -i w32codecs_20061022-0medibuntu1+build1_i386.deb
  • For amd64, the package is called w64codecs:
    wget -c http://packages.medibuntu.org/pool/non-free/w/w64codecs/w64codecs_20061203-0medibuntu1_amd64.deb
    sudo dpkg -i w64codecs_20061203-0medibuntu1_amd64.deb
  • For ppc, the package is called ppc-codecs:
    wget -c http://packages.medibuntu.org/pool/non-free/p/ppc-codecs/ppc-codecs_20061022-0medibuntu2_powerpc.deb
    sudo dpkg -i ppc-codecs_20061022-0medibuntu2_powerpc.deb

For begineers:

Just add the repostory and install

W32codecs,Skype,google earth ,acrobat reader

How to Sopcast player in Ubuntu gutsy

I have found a deb file for sopcast from trevinos repository which can be used to play sopcast in ubuntu gutsy.

http://3v1n0.tuxfamily.org/pool/feisty/3v1n0/gsopcast_0.3.1+svn20070516~3v1ubuntu0_i386.deb

so guys check this out and enjoy

how to install avant and applets and also avant curves from source

1. Install AWN

First, prepare your system. Open a terminal and enter the following:

Code:

sudo apt-get install build-essential subversion automake1.9

Next, Install the dependencies:

Code:

sudo apt-get install bzr libgtk2.0-dev libwnck-dev libwnck-common  librsvg2.0-c libgconf2-dev libglib2.0-dev libgnome2-dev libgnome-desktop-2 librsvg2.0-c libgnome-desktop-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev gnome-common libxcomposite-dev libxdamage-dev librsvg2-dev libgtop2-dev libgnome-menu-dev libgnome-menu2 libgnome-menu-dev librsvg2.0-cil librsvg2-2 librsvg2-common librsvg2-dev libgtop2-7 libgtop2-common libgtop2-dev python-dev python-gtk2-dev python-cairo-dev python-gconf python-gnome2-dev

Finally, open a terminal and build AWN from source like so:

Code:

bzr co http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~awn-core/awn/trunk avant-window-navigator
cd avant-window-navigator
./autogen.sh && make && sudo make install

Next we’ll install the AWN-Extras so keep that terminal open.

2. Install AWN-Extras

First install the dependencies:

Code:

sudo apt-get install build-essential automake1.9 autotools-dev bzr libgnome-menu-dev librsvg-dev

Get the source code from BZR:

Code:

bzr co http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~awn-extras/awn-extras/trunk awn-extras

Move to the applets directory:

Code:

cd awn-extras/awn-applets/awn-core-applets/

Compile and install:

Code:

./autogen.sh && make && sudo make install

Then simply type this to start AWN:

Code:

avant-window-navigator

3. Some Final Notes

If you would like to add a Control Applet for your media player to the AWN dock as well as some other more experimental applets, check out my other guide here:http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=561495

First, if you haven’t already, install bazaar.
Applications/ Accessories/ Terminal

Code:

sudo apt-get install bzr

If you’ve already installed awn forget about the first line.

Code:

sudo apt-get install build-essential autotools-dev libxdamage-dev libxcomposite-dev libgnome2-common libgnome2-dev libgnome-desktop-dev libgnome-vfs-dev libgtk2.0-dev libwnck-dev libgconf2-dev libglib2.0-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev libgnomevfs2-0 libgnome-desktop-2 libgnome2-0 libwnck-common python-gtk2 python-gconf bzr gnome-common python-dev python-gtk2-dev python-cairo-dev python-gconf python-gnome2-dev
bzr co http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~awn-curves-team/awn/awn-curves awn-curves
cd awn-curves
./autogen.sh && make
sudo make install


To remove awn-curves:

Open a terminal, cd to your awn-curves directory, and type

Code:

sudo make uninstall

Site: http://www.planetblur.org/hosted/awn…=1&isLive=true

little script made to update bzr and compile..

Code:

cd ~
nano updateawn.sh

Enter the following into that file..

Code:

cd awn-extras
bzr update
cd awn-applets/awn-core-applets
./autogen.sh ; make ; sudo make install
cd ~/avant-window-navigator
bzr update
./autogen.sh ; make ; sudo make install
cd ~/ avant-curves
bzr update
./autogen.sh ; make ; sudo make install
cd ..
echo "complete"

ctrl-x then y to save

Code:

chmod 755 updateawn.sh

then to update and install the updates, simply do

Code:

cd ~
./updateawn.sh

Have fun

Medibuntu: non-free-codecs for gutsy

Just add Medibuntu repository to your sources.list:

# Medibuntu.
deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ gutsy free non-free 

Open the terminal

wget -q http://packages.medibuntu.org/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add - && sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install non-free-codecs

Note:

Other packages are:

Skype

w32codecs

w64codecs

How to install Avant windows Navigator in Ubuntu Gusty Through repository

First, edit your apt sources: gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Add these lines to the bottom:

## Avant Window Navigator
deb http://download.tuxfamily.org/syzygy42/ gutsy avant-window-navigator
deb-src http://download.tuxfamily.org/syzygy42/ gutsy avant-window-navigator

Then do this in a terminal:

wget http://download.tuxfamily.org/syzygy42/reacocard.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add –
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Now to install the stable AWN version do

NOTICE: No stable AWN at this time. It will be added at the next release

For AWN BZR do:

sudo apt-get install avant-window-navigator-bzr

You can install more applets for AWN by doing:

sudo apt-get install awn-core-applets-bzr