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On Fri, 3 Nov 2006 13:15:57 +0000 Mark Jose <kernowyon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Neil, > They are all available, but you need to enable the various "extra" > repositories to see them. By default, you don't get the various non-free > package repositories. > I would have a look at - > https://help.ubuntu.com/6.10/kubuntu/desktopguide/C/extra-repositories.html > which explains how to enable those. The Kubuntu desktop guide (from which the > above is a little part) is actually excellent for explaining how to set up > those little extras - such as multimedia things. > The only thing to be aware of is that you are using edgy, so you need to make > sure that any repository which uses dapper will need to be changed to edgy. > For example, a small part of my sources.list is - > > deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe multiverse > deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe multiverse > > In that example - taken from my Dapper install - you would change the word > dapper to edgy > That by the way is the multiverse repository, where many of the multimedia > things live ;) > > Mark > Thanks for that, I have bookmarked the above URL and I will study it as soon as. Thanks also for explaining about RPM files. I must learn that ubuntu and debian distros work differently from the Red Hat group which is what I am used to. That's OK, I did realise that there were going to be lots of things to unlearn and relearn now that I am using a distro from a different group. Regards Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html