Question 3: Ubuntu - Medibuntu and Alpha 'releases'

[M Thomason]

On 22/07/2010 07:35, Basil Chupin wrote:
> On 22/07/10 15:01, M Thomason wrote:
>> On 22/07/2010 05:56, Basil Chupin wrote:
>> I tried adding the Medibuntu/Lucid repository to my Maverick on the
>> off-chance gamble that it would work, and it pulled quite a few packages
>> from there all of which are working just fine so far.
> 
> Hmmmm, I'll have to try again (last time I tried was yesterday) but when 
> I tried to use the command line given in Medibuntu it comes up with the 
> error that it cannot find the Maverick repository.....
> 
Ah, yes, my fault for not mentioning *how* I added it - sorry!

The Medibuntu page instructions read

sudo wget --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/$(lsb_release -cs).list && sudo
apt-get --quiet update && sudo apt-get --yes --quiet
--allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get
--quiet update

But to force it to the Lucid repository in Maverick, do

sudo wget --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/lucid.list && sudo apt-get
--quiet update && sudo apt-get --yes --quiet --allow-unauthenticated
install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get --quiet update

i.e. replace the $(lsb_release -cs) variable (which just substitutes
your ubuntu release name) with a hardcoded (and all lower case) lucid

Remember, of course, to keep an eye on Medibuntu and add their Maverick
repo when it comes up.