[Fwd: Repos for Add-ons]

[John Dong]

On Sunday 21 August 2005 06:15 am, Martin Meredith wrote:
fixing right now, it's a disk space issue with the master server.
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Repos for Add-ons
> Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 22:05:43 +0200
> From: manou <amimusa at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: amimusa at gmail.com,	Ubuntu Help and User Discussions
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>
> Hi, I'm trying to install some add-ons on my ubuntu distro.
>
> I change the sources.list to be similar from ubuntuguide sources.list.
>
> I also update the backports with deferents mirrors but in some cases I
> can't to connect and in other ones I take these Ignore messages.
>
> manou at goldstein:/etc/apt$ sudo apt-get update | grep Ign
> Ign http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net hoary-backports Release.gpg
> Ign http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net hoary-extras Release.gpg
> Ign http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net hoary-backports Release
> Ign http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net hoary-extras Release
> Ign http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net hoary-backports/main Packages
> Ign http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net hoary-backports/universe
> Packages
> Ign http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net hoary-backports/multiverse
> Packages
> Ign http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net hoary-backports/restricted
> Packages
> Ign http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net hoary-extras/main Packages
> Ign http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net hoary-extras/universe Packages
> Ign http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net hoary-extras/multiverse
> Packages
> Ign http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net hoary-extras/restricted
> Packages
>
> When I try to install some add-ons (for example, flashplayer-mozilla or
> sun-j2re1.5) I can't find them.
>
> Somebody can assist to me to install this packages since I think they
> have to be in some repo ... ¿?
>
> My last source.list is the same from http://paste.ubuntulinux.nl/38
>
> Thank you very much for your time.
>
> Another philosophic question... do you think is good for us to install
> non-free programs in our GNU/Linux system ¿?
>
> Bu one hand I think that I don't have to install non-free programs to be
> coherent with myself, but by other hand flash-pluggin, java-support,
> some video and music codecs,... are facilities that are hard to reject.