[CoLoCo] Automatrix

[Dave Vanderploeg]

It looks like they even have a .deb for Acrobat now, which is great.

Automatix also has a number of other programs that don't offer .deb
installs. A terminal install can be very intimidating to a noob. I still
don't like terminal installs, I can do them, but it seems like it takes more
work than simply double clicking a file, entering your password and watching
the magic happen. Every time I do a terminal install I think to myself 1)
what a pain in the butt 2) non-technical people will NEVER go for this.

On 10/8/07, David Overcash <funnylookinhat at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Automatix for Adobe?  Seriously?
>
> It's as hard on linux as it is for windows users... go to adobe.com and
> download your installer file.  Then run it.
>
> -David
>
> On 10/8/07, Jim Hutchinson <jim at ubuntu-rocks.org> wrote:
> >
> > There was an article a while back written by one of the Ubuntu devs
> > and he basically said that while Automatix was a great effort, the
> > authors never took the time to work with the Devs to get a stable and
> > secure program. He basically recommended not using it until such time
> > as the problems were fixed. I'll try and find the link but not sure
> > how I found it to begin with (probably a link of planet).
> >
> > In any case, you don't need it anymore. They keep adding new apps but
> > I think just about all of them can now be added the "proper" way -
> > i.e. with synaptic. The only caveat is the "legally ambiguous" libs
> > which are available from medibuntu.
> >
> > Not to toot my own horn but I did a little how to on this. There are
> > also links to the official how to sites.
> >
> > http://nococomp.com/?p=18
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > On 10/8/07, Kevin Fries <kfries at cctus.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 10:25 -0600, David L. Willson wrote:
> > > > Feisty made it obsolete, or maybe Edgy did.  Anyway, getting most
> > DVDs
> > > > to play is a one-liner or maybe a two liner.  It's truly amazing how
> >
> > > > many articles ~don't~ give these two lines, and instead recommend
> > adding
> > > > repos, which takes much longer.
> > > >
> > > > sudo apt-get install libdvdread3 libxine1-ffmpeg w32codecs
> > > > sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/examples/install-css.sh
> > >
> > > You still need Automatics or medibuntu to install Acrobat Reader
> > because
> > > Evince just sucks!
> > >
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