simonlang Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 This new version adds support for six new applications and 20 apps with updated versions. The new applications are Exaile, Yarock, GNOME Commander (Trusty), SimpleAudioPlayer, Kid3 and Fotoxx (DEB). Other changes in this release include a fixed installer for Calibre, better error handling and two command-line arguments, ?help and ?version. UbuTricks is a Zenity-based, graphical script with a simple interface that helps you install the latest versions of several games and applications in Ubuntu. Currently Ubuntu 14.04 and 14.10 are supported, and a total of 60 applications with newer versions than in the repositories are available to install. You can download this release from here or read more about UbuTricks here. UbuTricks will receive updates on a weekly basis, new versions adding new applications and new releases of the ones already included. Ubuntu 14.04 and 14.10 are already supported. Linux Mint currently has a bug in gksudo which doesn?t allow adding repositories automatically, so the PPA method doesn?t work in Mint, but the programs which are installed using other ways (archives, DEBs, other repositories) should work (on Mint 17). Description Applications will be downloaded and installed automatically. Some will require a PPA to be added to the repositories. Others will be compiled from source if no PPA is available. The compilation process can take a long time, while installing from a PPA or DEB file should be quick, depending on your download speed. The install methods are as follows: PPA ? the program will be downloaded and installed from a PPA DEB ? the program will be installed from a DEB package Source ? the program will be compiled (may take a long time) Script ? the program will be installed using a script provided by the developer Archive ? the program will be installed from a compressed archive Repository ? the program will be installed from a repository (not PPA) Since UbuTricks is still in early development, bugs may appear and only a small number of applications is available right now. Here is the complete list of applications currently supported by UbuTricks. Some of the installable programs include: 0 A.D. Battle for Wesnoth (Dev) SMPlayer Ubuntu Tweak Cinnamon Wine Geary Google Earth Kdenlive PlayOnLinux LXQt QupZilla UbuTricks currently supports 60 applications, and the goal is to add as many as possible, with installers for not only PPAs or DEBs, but also binaries or archives for various games and updated software. Download UbuTricks UbuTricks is available as a graphical script. The latest version is 14.11.17. Below you can download the two latest versions. Get UbuTricks 14.11.17 ? Nov 17, 2014 (Bash Script, 44 KB): Download Get UbuTricks 14.11.03 (Previous Version) ? Download Previous releases can be downloaded from here. Once downloaded, make it executable and either double-click the script or run it from the terminal. UbuTricks needs the zenity and gksu packages. To install them use: sudo apt-get install zenity gksu Once you run it, you will be able to choose your Ubuntu version, and then a list of applications which can be installed will be shown. Tick the programs which you want installed and hit OK. anyone gave this a try yet? especially i would like to know how it does install the qupzilla. default ppa includes an older version while on the qupzilla homepage it offers 1.8.4. does this script directly grabs the latest version or just installs the older one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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