installing joe..

[Yuki Cuss]

Henry Ortega wrote:

> I am totally new to Ubuntu. I have been a Mandrake user
> for so long. I am trying to install joe (text editor) in my box
> and I have the ff question:
>
> I tried
> apt-get install joe
> and it tells me Couldn't find package joe
> I tried synaptic also and could not find anything.
>
> So should I install from source?
> I can do that, but I wanted to know if there's a *package* way of 
> installing
> this that would make it easier to update in case.
> I see different packages available
> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=23475 
> <http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=23475>
>
> Would any of those packages work for Ubuntu?
>
> Sorry for the very basic question. :)

Joe is a package in the Universe repository; you need to enable the 
Universe (and if you like, Multiverse) repositories to gain access to 
more software which hasn't been as thoroughly tested and customised for 
Ubuntu. (Multiverse contains software not under GPL, so it could be an 
issue, but most users accept the liability and might even read the LICENSE)

For instructions on enabling these repositories:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AddingRepositoriesHowto

Or, you can open /etc/apt/sources.list yourself, and uncomment the 
following lines:
## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
# deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy universe
# deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy universe

Remove any hashes after the last two lines to make it read:
deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy universe
deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy universe

Then run `apt-get update' again, then try installing joe.

Hope this helps!
     - Yuki.


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