Well you have a couple of things to consider here :- 1] you could install most of what you require using a very helpful application called Automatix-kubuntu that will load these items and much more. <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=105343#post584923" target="_top" rel="nofollow">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=105343#post584923</a> 2] Should you need to make a personalised sources.list then this link may also be of great value to you. <a href="http://www.ubuntulinux.nl/source-o-matic" target="_top" rel="nofollow">http://www.ubuntulinux.nl/source-o-matic</a> This is the site of the source-o-matic generator which you can make your own preffered sources.list. I hope the above sheds some light on your questions. Ste-boilerhouse <hr align="left" width="300"> View this message in context: <a href="http://www.nabble.com/Where-are-all-the-packages--t983100.html#a2546539">Re: Where are all the packages?</a> Sent from the <a href="http://www.nabble.com/kubuntu-users-f12721.html">kubuntu-users</a> forum at Nabble.com.