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[Steven Vollom]

> But there is no 'T' or 't' in 'Linux' :)

I did not say there was.  I was trying to remember why I did not proceed 
properly.  In an event that took place several hours ago.  Memory is a problem 
for me.  What I remembered was that I had entered my password where I probably 
should have put the key.  I did not remember entering the key either.  I was 
considering the possibility that entering the key was what they meant when 
they said to enter the password.  I remember the space in which the password 
was to be entered seemed very large.  So my explanation for 'T' as it differs 
from 't' is a reference not to Linux as an OS, but to Linux as a method of 
operation.  The 'T' refers to 'password' and 't' refers to Key.  I thought 
that should I have entered the Key when they asked for password, I made the 
mistake there, and that to me was like a case sensitive problem.  I thought 
they should have used the term Key instead of Password.  And I still don't 
know if that is where I made my mistake.

> With "rather complicated key" do you mean the GPG key for the ppa
> repository?

I think so, I am not sure.
>The packages are cryptographically signed with a GPG key. On your machine 
>there is a copy of GPG keys for the Ubuntu repositories. However the key for 
>the ppa repository is not included. According to the instructions for 
>installing KDE 4.2 for Intrepid you should add the GPG key for the repository 
>with the command
> gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 493B3065 &&
> gpg --export -a 493B3065 | sudo apt-key add -

I am unable to understand the terminology of the previous comment.  I am sure 
it will be understood at some time in the future.  Now it is just an 
instruction that I must obey, even if I don't understand.

> in a terminal. BTW: The command should be in one line even if the email
> program makes it several lines. After you have executed this command you
> would have to restart your package manager and try again to install the
> wanted package.

I am thinking I did not read the instruction accurately, however after someone 
told me what to do, I opened a shell, typed in the Key, pressed enter and the 
problem was solve.  I don't know why I misunderstood, I just did.  Anyway, it 
caused me to learn a lot again at other's expense.  That is the only part I 
regret.

> I don't know how adept should handle the Sun Java lisence - maybe you
> should install the Java package from a terminal? 

That is what I eventually did.  Thanks!

> Then it might be more
> obvious what you should do to accept the lisence. And like someone else
> suggested already, it might be useful to disable the ppa repository while
> you install this package. To install the package from a terminal use
> these commands:

I have already done what I have already done.  So I cannot disable the PPA 
repository for effect.  I am having sync problems with Dragon Player, though, 
so maybe I should have done as you suggest.  Video and Audio do not sync and 
the picture seems to stutter trying to match them up.  It is a new problem I 
will have to post.
>
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get install sun-java6-bin

Nils, I can't remember the command I used, but it was different, it requested 
the Kubuntu version be installed and had a different wording at the end.  It 
did work though.

Thanks again, friend,
Steven