How to install new packages via KPackageKit?

[o_swas]

Hello,

I've used Kubuntu 7.10 for the last few years on my notebook and now I've installed Kubuntu 9.10 in Parallels on my Mac Pro.

The installation went OK but now I want to install more packages. I can open KPackageKit and search for packages... but it never finds anything! For example, I can search for "java" or "sun-java6" and it never finds anything.

Possibly related to this: Under the "Internet" menu there's an option to use the "Mozilla Firefox Browser Installer." I click on this and it asks for my password, but then exits with a message saying that the packages are already installed. I doubt this is true as I just installed Kubuntu!

Also, the first few times I launched Konqueror there was a message suggesting that I install some packages like Flash etc. and a button to install them. The couple of times I clicked it I got the same response -- something about the packages already being installed.

The only thing I can think that might be causing problems is that the Mac Pro is behind a proxy the requires authentication. In the proxy settings I manually set the proxy but the radio button to allow entry of the proxy username and password is never enabled.

I'm just wondering if the proxy could be causing problems with package management. What else should I be looking at?

Thank you!!

-Ryan

[monte48lowes]

Re: How to install new packages via KPackageKit?

If you haven't installed anything from the internet yet, perform the following from the command line:

sudo apt-get update

This will update the files on the computer and allow you to install new software, such as firefox.

Mike

[o_swas]

Re: How to install new packages via KPackageKit?


When I run "sudo apt-get update" all I get in return are connection timed out messages. I'm thinking this is definitely a problem with the proxy. Why can't Kubuntu deal with the proxy?

[monte48lowes]

Re: How to install new packages via KPackageKit?

It can, it just needs to be setup to use a proxy. Synaptic has a simple method to set that up. Let me check around.

Mike

[monte48lowes]

Re: How to install new packages via KPackageKit?

I make no guarantees that this will work. However, I use apt-cacher-ng to retain and serve updated packages to all the computers in the house and it uses a proxy server to interface with apt on the client computers.

You need your proxy information. IP address and port number. Put you proxy address and port number in the designated location below:

Open konsole

echo ‘Acquire::http { Proxy “[url]http://serverip:port″;[/url] };’ | sudo tee /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01proxy

Apt does work with a proxy, however it does not configure that automatically.

Mike