Question 3: Ubuntu - Medibuntu and Alpha 'releases'

[Basil Chupin]

On 22/07/10 22:49, M Thomason wrote:
> 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.
>    

Great! Thanks for this. I'll put it thru very shortly.

BC


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