I have this up and running a non networked box. BTW does anyone know the proper method of getting at the Universe Repositories on the DVD? I looked all over the Kubuntu site and couldn’t find anything on this. The info over there only points to the available web Universe Repositories. Is Blender available in the DVD Universe Repositories?
edit [with the editor of your choice] as root [or using sudo] /etc/apt/sources.list
chances are that the sources you want to enable are just commented out
if you start synaptic [ubuntu] or the package manage thing in kubuntu [at the moment I forget what it’s called] there should be an option in the menus to change the sources. This will accomplish essentially the same thing.
Kubuntu is my first Debian System install. Thanks for your response. Ok, here is my sources.list -
deb cdrom:[Kubuntu 5.10 _Breezy Badger_ - Release i386 (20051012)]/ breezy main restricted
## Uncomment the following two lines to fetch updated software from the network
# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy main restricted
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy main restricted
## Uncomment the following two lines to fetch major bug fix updates produced
## after the final release of the distribution.
# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy-updates main restricted
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ 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 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy universe
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ 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 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy-security main restricted
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy-security main restricted
# deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy-security universe
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy-security universe
The text- "deb cdrom:[Kubuntu 5.10 Breezy Badger - Release i386 (20051012)]/ breezy main restricted " points to my DVD for the main installed packages. On the Kubuntu DVD the Universe Repositories are located in the DVD’s directory named “pool”. What text should I type in my sources.list to direct Adept or Synaptic to the Kubuntu DVD’s own Universe Repositories?
The current links in my sources.list point to internet Universe Repositories.
My first real install of a Linux OS was Mandriva. I aready love Mandriva. I will only install Linux on my future PC’s. The easy urpmi rpm package system seems much easier that the ddebian package system so far. Thanks for your help.
Kubuntu has very little documentation on this subject. The online Kubuntu community seems to “hint” to solutions for accessing the Kubuntu DVD the Universe Repositories.
hi there,
why not just download from blender.og? just make sure you download the one for your python version
these builds work for me (in some cases you’ll have to search some missing lib, but RPM search comes to the resque then)
I tried ubuntu and kubuntu myself in search for a nice distro, they’re nice, very
I myself run fedora core4 (soon FC5)
greets
I have Blender. I really want to know the trick to accessing the Universe Repository on the Kubuntu DVD. I thought that the DVD directory link would already be setup in Adept.
Adding “universe” just after restricted should do the trick.
What tool are you using to install packages? IIRC the “default” Ubuntu (never tried kubuntu) Package tool had an option to activate universe and multiverse directly
[quote=“Joghurt”]
Adding “universe” just after restricted should do the trick.
What tool are you using to install packages? IIRC the “default” Ubuntu (never tried kubuntu) Package tool had an option to activate universe and multiverse directly[/quote]
I was using Adept now I’m using Synaptic. I tried adding “universe” just after restricted. I get " file… directory not found"… error boxes, etc. I’m wondering if the “advertised” “Universe Repository” on the DVD really works. As I stated earlier, there is no info about hooking this up on the Ubuntu or Kubuntu websites. The extra universe packages seem to be there on the DVD in the “pool” directory.
This universe DVD package stuff is mind boggling for sure. Agggrrrrrrrhhhh!
Could you post the error message, especially the path to the file that was not found?
Also, does the path /dists/breezy contain the directory “universe”?
BTW: Where does it state that the DVD contains “universe”?
deb cdrom:[Kubuntu 5.10 Breezy Badger - Release i386 (20051012)]/ breezy main restricted
Uncomment the following two lines to fetch updated software from the network
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy main restricted
Uncomment the following two lines to fetch major bug fix updates produced
after the final release of the distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy-updates main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ 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 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy universeUncomment 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 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy-security universe
the bold area is what you needed to change
He does not want to download it from the Web!
He wants to use the files that are already on the DVD.
that’s entirely NOT THE POINT of apt-get…
dpkg can be used to install debian packages manually… is blender even on the dvd?
that’s entirely NOT THE POINT of apt-get…
dpkg can be used to install debian packages manually… is blender even on the dvd?[/quote]
Whoa , I don’t know the “entire” point of apt-get yet. I looked at the docs but it’s been only a few days. I am a Mandriva user with all the easy urpmi stuff. It’s more like Windows .exe’s. I want to get down with the debian coolness. I even tried and failed to install Gentoo with the easier stage three way. I failed. So I installed Kunbuntu 5.10. I even setup custom partitions with the Kubuntu install dvd, hehehe.
But dpkg, what that? All in all, I thought that the Kubuntu 5.10 install with the unverse packages on the dvd would be easy.
Now you say with dpkg I can crack open the packages on the dvd? I’m down with that. Hook me up with the method. Thanks.
man apt-get
man dpgk
the tools necessary to install files the debian way. synaptic, aptitude et al are frontends for these tools.
go find your programs in the universe directory on your dvd
as root:
dpkg -i /path-to-dvd/and-the-universe-dir/blender.XXX.deb
should do the job
…
Thanks, I will try this out. I wonder why the Kubuntu web forum and website have no information on accessing the universe on the DVD? I saw Unbuntu 5.10 article with the Universe packages on the DVD in a copy of Linux Magazine. I was informed that the Kubuntu 5.10 DVD had the same Universe packages as the Ubuntu one. So I figured that I would pop in the DVD and install it, then whoop, here is Universe. That’s the way it works with the DVD’s for Mandriva and Fedora so far.
Do have a good link to info on dpkg commands? Thanks.
if you type ‘man dpkg’ on the terminal you’ll get more information than you ever wanted…
if you type ‘man dpkg’ on the terminal you’ll get more information than you ever wanted…[/quote]
Hehe, well I’m getting dependency errors with most of the packages that I setup. Is there a way to use “man dpkg” “dpkg” in a way that gets the job of installing packages done without the dependency problems? I think that is why Synaptic and Adept are so popular when it comes to managing package installation.
In your statement earlier “entirely NOT THE POINT of apt-get” were you saying that one can’t just manually link a DVD repository to an apt source.list? I wondered why I couldn’t just point Synaptic to the repository on the installation DVD in some easy manner. I have to use a complex “keyed” preset package setup to enable a DVD repository for a software package manager like Synaptic. Is this for security reasons? We wouldn’t want to link to a “fake” DVD repository now would we?
Yep. That’s what they are for.
In your statement earlier “entirely NOT THE POINT of apt-get” were you saying that one can’t just manually link a DVD repository to an apt source.list? I wondered why I couldn’t just point Synaptic to the repository on the installation DVD in some easy manner.
That’s possible and also not against the point of APT. APT’s responsibility is solving dependencies and fetching the packages needed; be it from the web or CD.
Again, if you could post the error message you get and the other information I asked for, I might be able to help.
I have to use a complex “keyed” preset package setup to enable a DVD repository for a software package manager like Synaptic.
What do you mean?
Well the messages that I get when I edit in a link to the DVD in Synaptic show my added repository is invalid.
The Synaptic software gave me a message to use apt-cdrom. I did that and used “sudo apt-cdrom add” to add a “cdrom” repository. This added the “basic” breezy dvd installation packages not the cool “universe” stuff of course. A message stated that the cdrom had the valid key or something, bla,bla,bla, it was added to the source.list.
Does anyone actually used the Kubuntu DVD universe repositories with Kubuntu?
Are you absolutely sure the universe stuff is on the DVD? Do the pool/universe directories contain files?
What about the dists/ directory I asked you about?
I wonder now if the DVD really contains the universe stuff. That would probably be too good to be true, hehehe.
Anyway, I will try loading up Gentoo again on this box to test that out again.
I tried the offline stage 3 Gentoo setup and I followed the overly complex setup docs. I got up the point of copying the source code files to portage or something. Then I attempted to edit the make.config CFLAGS, etc. with nano. I must have missed something. That was fun. Back to the begining.