Installling non-k/ubuntu programs

[paul cooke]

On Friday 08 April 2005 22:47, Even Sandsmark wrote:
> It seems that i answered Cougar directly, sorry
> this is my answer.
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> I am not a kubuntu expert i have just used it for 14 days
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> RPM is a format used by red hat, suse + +
> deb is used by debian, ubuntu + +
> src is used by all
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> src is good but i guess deb is the easiest.
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> I downloaded adobe acrobat reader 7 rpm and used alien to "convert" to
> deb and installed
> so you can use both/all
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> even
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as far as I know, Acrobat reader 7 is in backports al ready converted. All you 
have to do is add the backports repository to synaptic.


Personally speaking, the best way to install software is to use synaptic and 
the correct Hoary specific repositories. Go here for further details for 
enabling those repositories and  howto install other stuff like getting DVDs 
playing.

<http://www.ubuntuguide.org/>

note, I don't have Kubuntu, I installed Ubuntu and then added KDE. I think it 
works better that way. Your results may differ ;)