Automatix

[Joshua Chase]

Might just want to open a thread on this on ubuntuforums ?  Might have
better response.

On 10/24/07, Nick Ali <nali at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> You weren't able to add the commerical repo through synaptic?
>
> nick
>
> On 10/24/07, Bill N <billisnice at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I will wait till it comes out Gusty specific.
> > thanks
> >
> > On 10/23/07, Kevin Fishburne <kevinfishburne at eightvirtues.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >  I'd use the other lines in sources.list as a reference to get the
> syntax
> > > right. There also may not be a Gutsy release for RealPlayer yet so
> you'd
> > > have to use feisty as the distribution instead of gutsy. Don't know if
> that
> > > would work or not though... I try to stay away from installing BIN
> files
> > > because they can do pretty much anything they please and sometimes
> it's hard
> > > to clean up afterward if they fail. The repo's and .deb's are good.
> > >
> > >  As far as Automatix, I've had good results but there definitely is a
> risk
> > > using it. As far as I know, it basically adds its own repo's to
> sources.list
> > > and has its own GUI front end to install apps. Maybe the problem is
> that the
> > > Automatix repo's may sometimes conflict with the Ubuntu repo's.
> > >
> > >  On another note, anyone having problems installing VMWare Player? It
> tells
> > > me my architecture may not be supported, but that's highly unlikely
> since
> > > it's x86. I had no trouble in Feisty.
> > >
> > >  Kevin
> > >
> > >
> > >  Bill N wrote:
> > >  i fix it, it think...i went to system/administrative/software sources
> > > and deleted the link
> > >
> > > On 10/23/07, Bill N <billisnice at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >  I get an error msg when i open synaptic after adding the deb link and
> > > it closes without giving me an opportunity to see it.
> > >
> > > E: Malformed line 56 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist parse)
> > > E: The list of sources could not be read.
> > > Go to the repository dialog to correct the problem.
> > > E: _cache->open() failed, please report.
> > >
> > > I may have to reinstall to fix it...again..lol
> > >
> > > On 10/23/07, Nick Ali <nali at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >  On 10/23/07, Brian Pitts <brian at polibyte.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >  On 10/23/07, *Paul Cartwright* <ubuntu at pcartwright.com
> > > <mailto:ubuntu at pcartwright.com>> wrote:
> > >
> > >  On Tue October 23 2007 6:10 pm, Nick Ali wrote:
> > >  > Add the commerical repo to synaptic. Looking in the repo
> > >  > (http://archive.canonical.com/pool/main/r/realplay/
> > >  <http://archive.canonical.com/pool/main/r/realplay/>), its
> > > there.
> > >
> > >  I have tried to add it, but I can't seem to get the syntax correct...
> > >
> > >
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu#head-b75a0c6c7e357640731529980d3f3ad3614b9a76
> > >
> > >  And use "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ gutsy partner" instead of
> > > the " deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu
> > > feisty-commercial main"
> > > that is listed on the wiki. Or just add it by hand to
> > > /etc/apt/sources.list.
> > >
> > > This was mentioned in the release notes:
> > > http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/710.
> > >
> > > The problem with just downloading the package and installing it is
> > > that you will never be notified about upgrades. Add the repo and
> > > install it that way.
> > >
> > > nick
> > >
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