[Discuss] Installing software not in repositories -- Kubuntu 7.04

[noel at natnix.com]

Hi Murray,

Out of the box, Ubuntu does not look in 3rd party repositories for updates.  
You can increase the repositories here:

System -> Administration -> Software Sources

For your question about "conversation with su failed" yesterday, make
sure your new users are in /etc/sudoers.  Plain Ubuntu uses sudo, I
guess kubuntu does the same.

--Noel


On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 08:17:17AM -0700, Murray Strome wrote:
> I know that someone on the list posted a message some time ago (probably 
> months) telling me how to best install software that is not in the 
> repositories.
> 
> For example, I want to install Acroread (preferably latest version), but 
> when I search for it on the repositories, it does not seem to be there.  
> I am sure I could go to the Adobe site, download and install it that 
> way, but I am not sure if that is the best approach with Kubuntu or not.
> 
> Similarly, the version of GIMP in the repositories is 2.x. I like a lot 
> of the features which have been added to 2.3 but I think that if I 
> download and install it following the GIMP Install instructions, it will 
> not show up in the installed data base (synaptic or adept).
> 
> Does anyone have any advice before I go ahead?
> 
> Murray
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