Small problem

[Lupadime]

Hi
I´m new to linux and Kubuntu but managed to get everything installed and running.( see my entry in this forum ). I am trying to upgrade the repository to include the universal ones. I have tried with adept and SPM to activate but no luck. I don´t understand the ` uncomment the following two lines ` in adept. All I´ve managed to do so far is crash the system and lose amarok along the way.
There is probably a simple solution but sometimes the simple things are the most challenging for beginners.
Thanks
PS Managed to get amarok back off the cd

[Gezzer]

Re: Small problem

in a konsole write
sudo kate

this will open the text editor kate

browse to the etc/apt/sources list
you can then remove the # from the lines that are marked as such to enable the extra repositories ...

[bootdoc]

Re: Small problem

open adept and go to manage repositories. Right click on the repos that are faded and choose enable. After enabling all the repos, choose apply apply at bottom of screen. make sure to do apply or the repos won't be added.
Charlie

[Lupadime]

Re: Small problem

in a konsole write
sudo kate

this will open the text editor kate

browse to the etc/apt/sources list
you can then remove the # from the lines that are marked as such to enable the extra repositories ...

tried this......
got this........?
lutz@lutzlaptop:~$ sudo kate
Password:
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 166
Major opcode: 144
Minor opcode: 3
Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 166
Major opcode: 144
Minor opcode: 3
Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
ScimInputContextPlugin()

Huh?

[K0LO]

Re: Small problem

For kde graphical applications, use kdesu instead of sudo.

Try this:

kdesu kate

Or:

kdesu kate /etc/apt/sources.list

to directly open the file in kate.

[coolclassic]

Re: Small problem

Another method for opening a file to edit as root is to browse ti the file concerned, right click and select actions > edit as root