I've been looking for info on adding the edubuntu tool

[Rippl, Steve]

If you're just looking to add the education apps (like kstars & kalzium)
then you can just apt-get install packagename without pulling in all the
edubuntu desktop.  If you don't know the respective package names then
either apt-get search... or use a gui tool like synaptic (or whatever the
KDE version is) and search for "education" (or whatever else).  You can pick
and choose from there.  Any of the main apps you install will automatically
place a shortcut in the application menu whether you have Gnome, KDE or both
installed, it's very rare I install a package from a repository that doesn't
drop in the shortcut.

I don't know of an edubuntu forum, just these mailing list...

Steve



On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 7:58 AM, Terry Talim <melanyor at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've been looking for info on adding the edubuntu tools to an existing
> kubuntu or ubuntu feisty setup.
>
> I came across instructions to add it...
>
> sudo apt-get build-dep edubuntu-desktop
>
> sudo apt-get install edubuntu-desktop
>
> ... however from reading that thread it seems this made edubuntu desktop
> setup the default for all new accounts.
>
> Does it then allow you to select the desktop at login in the way you can
> switch between gnome and kde? Or do you just end up with a limited set of
> apps available as defined by the edu config?
>
> What I really want to do is to add the edu apps to an existing kubuntu or
> ubuntu set up. Is there a list of the packages to apt-get to install them
> all including adding them to the desktop menus?
>
> How do I make sure it is UK-English spellings - I assume this is available
> as a language option in edubuntu?
>
> BTW is there a dedicated edubuntu forum? I couldn't find one, and the
> edubuntu wiki links seem to point to empty work-in-progress stuff.
>
> Thanks,
>   Andrew
> My jobs -
> http://geologyonlinecourses.com/degree-in-oceanography-and-marine-geology/and
> http://psychologydegree-online.com/what-is-forensic-psychology/
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