How to install emacs on Kubuntu

[Grant Edwards]

I just installed Kubuntu 8.04.1 in order to test some drivers
and apps I maintain, and I'm a little baffled how to install
emacs, or Jed, or svn, or any of several other tools I need
which don't seem to be on the CD.

I've messed about with "Adept Installer" which launches from
the Add/Remove Programs menu entry, but it seems only able to
remove apps not add them. IOW, the only packages it knows about
are the ones that are already installed, and it says there are
no packages available for installation.  I have 905 packages
installed out of 905 available.

Then I tried the "Adept Manager" from the system menu.  It also
shows no uninstalled packages.  The "Fetch Updates" button does
nothing.  I tried the Help/Adept-Handbook menu entry in Adept,
and it says there is do document available.

Adept's Help/Get-help-only menu entry causes a series of about
6 DCOP and Konqueror error dialogs to popup.

Konqueror doesn't seem to have any problems accessing sites, so
I'm confident that networking is set up correctly.

I've so far resisted the temptation to fire up a root shell and
start editing /etc/* and typing apt-get and/or dpkg commands.
In the past when I've done that on Ubuntu systems I've been
roundly scolded for not using the pointy-clicky system
administration utilities like I'm supposed to. :)

Google has found me several tutorials that all basically tell
me to:

  1) Mouse to K/System/Adept

  2) Type the program name in the "search" box

  3) Click on one of the packages that is found and check
     "request install"

The problem is that Adept can't seem to find anything that
isn't already installed.

What am I doing wrong?

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