Sunday, September 30, 2007

Programs to install on fresh install (Ubuntu)

I just reinstalled Kubuntu on my laptop. These are the programs I usually install.

-First set up apt repositories-

1) edit /etc/apt/sources.list
add
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu feisty-commercial main

to the end of the file
2) Run
sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/dapper.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
wget -q http://packages.medibuntu.org/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add - && sudo apt-get update

3) Run
sudo apt-get update


-Install the programs-
Run
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-bin sun-java6-jre msttcorefonts ttf-xfree86-nonfree realplay flashplugin-nonfree libxine1-ffmpeg libdvdread3 libxine1-ffmpeg libdvdcss2 w32codecs opera skype quanta mozilla-firefox mozilla-thunderbird gimp

to install all of the programs at once or you can install them individually:

Java:
Run
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-bin sun-java6-jre

Fonts:
Run
sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts ttf-xfree86-nonfree

Real Player:
Run
sudo apt-get install realplay

Flash:
Run
sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree


MP3:
Run
sudo apt-get install libxine1-ffmpeg

DVD support:
Run
sudo apt-get install libdvdread3 libxine1-ffmpeg libdvdcss2

Windows codecs:
Run
sudo apt-get install w32codecs


Opera:
Run
sudo apt-get install opera

Quanta:
Run
sudo apt-get install quanta

Mozilla Firefox:
Run
sudo apt-get install mozilla-firefox

Mozilla Thunderbird:
Run
sudo apt-get install mozilla-thunderbird

Skype:
Run
sudo apt-get install skype

The GNU Image Manipulation Program
Run
sudo apt-get install gimp

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