<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.2.3"> </HEAD> <BODY> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> If I can't add this as a repository then I must ask a "DEB based Distro" newbie question... Once I have downloaded a .deb file, how the heck do I install it. </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> AH !! At last something I can answer, being a Ubuntu/Debian newbie myself ! :-) Asked the same question a month ago when I downloaded the Warty ISO. It is so simple you will love it. Just open a terminal or switch to a console, and go to the directory containing your .deb file, then just type: "sudo dpkg -i my_program.deb" and it will install your program in an eye blink. Then you can look in Synaptic and you will find it there :o) HTH, Vince </BODY> </HTML>