Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Setting up Repositories and CD packages in Ubuntu

The first thing to do after installing ubuntu (or in that case, any debian operating system) is to enable all the sources of software and packages that are available across the standard repository loop.

This is a straight forward process and involved almost no file editing...so rejoice!!!

Follow the following steps:

  • Open System->Administration->Synaptic Package Manager

  • Go to Settings->Repositories

  • Tick All the checkboxes in the 'Ubuntu Software' and 'Third Party' tabs except “Source Code” (unless you are interested in downloading source code)

  • Enable updates in the Updates tab

  • Close the settings window

  • Refresh the local database by hitting the 'Reload' button

  • Thats It!!!!



Adding CD-Roms With Packages To The Database


  • Open Synaptic package manager

  • Go to: Edit->Add CD Rom...

  • Load the CD

  • Wait for the process to complete

  • Hit YES if any other CD is left or else NO

Thats it!!!

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