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    Repositories

    Probably one of the most frustrating things about kubuntu from a newbie's (my) perspective was all of the multitude of repositories that are available, and the fact that the ones that are pre-loaded on the system never seem to have the files I want. There is a partial list here but even that didn't have everything I needed and I have had to piece together stuff from lots of threads. So I thought it would be a good thing to put a single thread on this forum where people can share info about good repositories.

    So, for those that don't know, repositories are the databases from which apt-get/adept gets the list of available packages. Knowing that you need to 'sudo apt-get install w32codecs' does you no good if don't have the proper repository listed in the /etc/apt/sources.list file. Also, after you add a repository, you must 'sudo apt-get update' or click 'fetch updates' in adept in order to get the full list of packages.

    Here is a list of usefull repositories i have collected so far:

    deb cdrom:[Kubuntu 5.10 _Breezy Badger_ - Release i386 (20051012)]/ breezy main restricted

    deb http://kubuntu.org/packages/kde35 breezy main
    deb ftp://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu breezy main restricted
    deb ftp://ubuntu.mirrors.tds.net/ubuntu breezy universe
    deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy universe multiverse
    deb http://kubuntu.org/packages/kde35 breezy main
    deb http://packages.freecontrib.org/ubuntu/plf/ breezy free non-free
    deb ftp://ubuntu.mirrors.tds.net/ubuntu breezy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    deb ftp://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu breezy-security main restricted universe
    deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security universe
    deb ftp://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu breezy-updates main restricted

    deb-src ftp://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu breezy main restricted
    deb-src ftp://ubuntu.mirrors.tds.net/ubuntu breezy universe
    deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy universe multiverse
    deb-src http://packages.freecontrib.org/ubuntu/plf/ breezy free non-free
    deb-src ftp://ubuntu.mirrors.tds.net/ubuntu breezy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    deb-src ftp://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu breezy-security main restricted
    deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security universe
    deb-src ftp://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu breezy-updates main restricted

    I think you only need the deb-src entries if you want to grab some source code. Some of the mirrors might be redundant...

    anyone know any other must-have repositories? what about one that can give you a deb for the latest firefox?
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    Re: Repositories

    Firefox Install Guide: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FirefoxNewVersion

    For more repo's you can use this: http://www.ubuntulinux.nl/source-o-matic Most of the time I have deb-src commented out because I wouldn't need them (unless I was compiling from source of course!). I recommend doing it especially if you have a slow (or bandwidth-capped) connection and never have to source compile because it can save you ~1 minute off download time (it saves me a minute, but I have a slow connection)

    My sources.list:
    Code:
    deb [url]http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] breezy main restricted
deb-src [url]http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] breezy main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb [url]http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] breezy-updates main restricted
deb-src [url]http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] breezy-updates main restricted

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb [url]http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] breezy universe
deb-src [url]http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] breezy universe

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb [url]http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] breezy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src [url]http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] breezy-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb [url]http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] breezy-security main restricted
deb-src [url]http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] breezy-security main restricted

deb [url]http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] breezy-security universe
deb-src [url]http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] breezy-security universe

# OpenOffice .Org 2.0
deb [url]http://people.ubuntu.com/~doko/OOo2[/url] ./

# PLF: [url]http://wiki.ubuntu-fr.org/doc/plf[/url]
deb [url]http://packages.freecontrib.org/ubuntu/plf/[/url] breezy free non-free
deb-src [url]http://packages.freecontrib.org/ubuntu/plf/[/url] breezy free non-free

# KDE 3.5
deb [url]http://kubuntu.org/packages/kde35[/url] breezy main

# Automatically generated sources.list
# [url]http://www.ubuntulinux.nl/source-o-matic[/url]

# Seveas' packages (packages)
#deb [url]http://seveas.ubuntulinux.nl[/url] breezy-seveas all

# Seveas' packages (sources)
#deb-src [url]http://seveas.ubuntulinux.nl[/url] breezy-seveas all

# Cipherfunk multimedia packages (packages)
deb [url]ftp://cipherfunk.org/pub/packages/ubuntu/[/url] breezy main

# Cipherfunk multimedia packages (sources)
deb-src [url]ftp://cipherfunk.org/pub/packages/ubuntu[/url] breezy main

# Bleeding edge wine packages (packages)
deb [url]http://wine.sourceforge.net/apt/[/url] binary/

# Bleeding edge wine packages (sources)
deb-src [url]http://wine.sourceforge.net/apt/[/url] source/

# Penguin Liberation Front (packages)
deb [url]ftp://ftp.free.fr/pub/Distributions_Linux/plf/ubuntu/plf/[/url] breezy free non-free

# Penguin Liberation Front (sources)
deb-src [url]ftp://ftp.free.fr/pub/Distributions_Linux/plf/ubuntu/plf/[/url] breezy free non-free

# Osmo Salomas CVS amule packages (packages)
deb [url]http://koti.mbnet.fi/~ots/ubuntu/[/url] breezy/

# Osmo Salomas CVS amule packages (sources)
deb-src [url]http://koti.mbnet.fi/~ots/ubuntu/[/url] breezy/
    <br /><br />*temp. hiatus from forums due to comp + net broken* :&#039;(
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      Re: Repositories

      Can I add those repositories to my list?
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        Re: Repositories

        Originally posted by Nirvana
        Firefox Install Guide: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FirefoxNewVersion
        I made a script that automates those instructions so you don't have to copy and paste line by line or (worse yet) retype them.
        Linux is ready for the desktop--but whose desktop?<br />How to install software in Kubuntu
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