Problems Installing new packages

[c0m4ndo45]

Well, i just installed kubuntu 10.04.. First thing i tried to do is use firefox, i saw an "firefox installer" and tried to run it but it only gave me the error Packages allredy installed. Tried to run from command line, no success. It said to try sudo apt-get install firefox, and so i did, which gave the message package firefox has no installation candidates... Then i tried to use the KpackageManager, to add new software... But nothing shows up on the list regardless of what i select on the filters.

Then i tried to enable some desktop effects, such as the cube, but it said failed to enable the following desktop effects, with cube listed... Thought i'd try to install the nvidia drivers for my graphics card, downloaded them from the nvidia website but got an error during installation saying something about binutils not being installed... But, once again, got the same error as for any other package.... package x has no installation candidates.

I'm kinda frustrated... Could anyone help?

[oshunluvr]

Re: Problems Installing new packages

start with opening a terminal (konsole) then do:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install synaptic

this will update your repos and install Synaptic which is waaayyy more functional then kpackagekit. It will be in your kmenu under System

To install your nvidia drivers, using Synaptic; install jockey-kde and nvidia-current, then under System again in kmenu you'll find an entry called Hardware Drivers. Use this tool to activate your nvidia drivers.

If you downloaded and installed the nvidia drivers from the nvidia website - you're on your own. You'll have to do more research on how to use them. If they didn't install - try the ones in the official Kubuntu repos first.

As far as firefox, I don't know if the repo is installed by default or not.

http://ppa.launchpad.net/mozillateam...stable/ubuntu/

[Snowhog]

Re: Problems Installing new packages

The mozillateam repository doesn't need to be added. I don't have it, and I installed Firefox from the repositories just fine, from the CLI, using apt-get.

sudo apt-get install firefox

These are my active Software Sources:
Ubuntu Software

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid main restricted
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates main restricted
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security multiverse

Other Software:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/ppa/ubuntu lucid main
deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ lucid free non-free
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/samrog131/ppa/ubuntu lucid main

[c0m4ndo45]

Re: Problems Installing new packages

Looks like my problem was the repositories... It could not connect to br.archive.ubuntu.com for some reason, i changed them to us and it worked. Thanks!

[Snowhog]

Re: Problems Installing new packages

Happy to help.