AVI Codecs

[Ouattara Oumar Aziz]

Felipe Figueiredo a écrit :
> On Sunday 10 September 2006 15:05, Ouattara Oumar Aziz wrote:
>> Gayal a écrit :
>>> Where to find AVI codecs for Ubuntu LTS?
>>> Any link for a Repository??
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Gayal Rupasinghe
>>> SU-APIIT
>>> "The willingness to make a commitment even when results are unknown."
>>>
>> Try using that http://getautomatix.com/wiki/index.php?title=Installation
>>
>> or that : http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org/
> 
> Please don't use these scripts. They have been reported to make some kind of 
> mess in many systems. They may work for you, and yet may not. There is simply 
> no reason for doing it.
> 
> Simply add the PLF repositories and just install the packages.
> 
> deb http://packages.freecontrib.org/ubuntu/plf/ dapper free non-free
> deb-src http://packages.freecontrib.org/ubuntu/plf/ dapper free non-free
> deb http://packages.freecontrib.org/ubuntu/freecontrib/ dapper free non-free
> deb-src http://packages.freecontrib.org/ubuntu/freecontrib/ dapper free 
> non-free
> 
> Please note that there are several legal issues in doing this.
> 
> regards
> FF
> 

Well, I guess when doing that, you're doing something different than 
easyubuntu does :)

The truth is that easyubuntu does the adding of mirrors, the 
installation of packages, and removes the added mirrors for the user. 
Then there's no difference between it and doing it yourself ( except 
that when doing it yourself you have to know which package to install 
for having your feature enable)

Automatix is quite different, it doesn't just download .deb packages but 
also some .tar.gz and choose itself where to put it. So that one is 
considered more instable than easyubuntu.

Since *I* know what I am doing when using Automatix, I use it and am 
very satisfied (I have been using it for a lot of my friends 
installation and they were pretty satisfied) .

So the OP can choose whichever solution he wants. Doing it himself, 
using easyubuntu (which I suggest) or using Automatix (which seems to be 
more risky)