+dave164 Subscriber¹ Posted October 30, 2005 Subscriber¹ Share Posted October 30, 2005 Ive just got Ubuntu installed on my laptop, and im more than happy to attempt to use it as a prime os for my laptop, but trying to install things i need help with.. I try to do some of the things on the ubuntu forums such as installing codecs for a dvd-player and the command doesnt work.. The command is: sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2 But i just get not available, but is refered to by somewere else Also how can i get it to see the NTFS filesys? TIA Help :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iverson0881 Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 the libdvdcss2 probably has to do with your sources.list. Probably have to add a repository. Anyway I think you'll find the following two links worth to look at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UserDocumentation http://www.ubuntuguide.org hope ya have fun. im loving my ubuntu system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+dave164 Subscriber¹ Posted October 30, 2005 Author Subscriber¹ Share Posted October 30, 2005 I must be an idiot sudo apt-get install xine-ui doesnt even work :( How exactly do you run things... crist im stupid at Linux :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unksi Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 run this file: http://www.ubuntulinux.nl/files/winmac_fstab just write sudo bash winmac_fstab to the terminal, it will search, mount and add them to the fstab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosidius Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 http://ubuntuguide.org tells you how to see ntfs drives. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micro Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 hmm, sounds like you need to update your repository err your sources... the UBUNTU forums are VERY friendly to linux n00bs.. ALSO try to use the file manager"synaptic" to install stuff, it is easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blik Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 I use xine for playing DVD's, movies etc... sudo apt-get install xine-ui shoud grab xine and the codecs it uses... I'm not sure how ubuntu deals with ntfs, try: sudo fdiks -l Find the drive you need to mound, probably hd1, sd1 or something like that... sudo mkdir /WinXP sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/??? /WinXP where ??? is the drive identified after the fdisk -l command... thats a lowercase L btw... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blik Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 Hmm, I'd find a repository with xine, I quite like it.. its simple to use like PowerDVD for windows... yeah, check out ubuntuguide.org, it covers installing xine-ui, you have to add the following lines to your sources.list deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary multiverse deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary multiverse ## Backports deb http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net/ hoary-backports main universe multiverse restricted deb http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net/ hoary-extras main universe multiverse restricted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2687 Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 I must be an idiotsudo apt-get install xine-ui doesnt even work :( How exactly do you run things... crist im stupid at Linux :p 586745393[/snapback] Make sure you have the proper repositories in your /etc/apt/sources.list file. Then do sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install xine-ui or whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornett Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 I must be an idiotsudo apt-get install xine-ui doesnt even work :( How exactly do you run things... crist im stupid at Linux :p 586745393[/snapback] Run gedit /etc/apt/sources.list, and paste the contents onto here. Most likely you have some required repository servers disabled. Also try running sudo apt-get update to ensure that you have an up-to-date list of the software available. Edit: beaten to it ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+dave164 Subscriber¹ Posted October 30, 2005 Author Subscriber¹ Share Posted October 30, 2005 deb cdrom:[ubuntu 5.10 _Breezy Badger_ - Release i386 (20051012)]/ breezy main restricted deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy main restricted deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy main restricted ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the ## distribution. deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-updates main restricted deb-src http://gb.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://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy universe # deb-src http://gb.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://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-backports main restricted universe multiverse # deb-src http://gb.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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2687 Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 The # sign disables the line so change it to deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 5.10 _Breezy Badger_ - Release i386 (20051012)]/ breezy main restricted deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy main restricted deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy main restricted ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the ## distribution. deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-updates main restricted deb-src http://gb.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://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy universe deb-src http://gb.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://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-backports main restricted universe multiverse deb-src http://gb.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 Then run sudo apt-get update Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[LOF]skinnylegs Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 Why are you choosing to run Linux???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2687 Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 Why are you choosing to run Linux???? 586745705[/snapback] Because it makes you a leet h4x0r Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[LOF]skinnylegs Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 That I can accept. LMAO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+dave164 Subscriber¹ Posted October 30, 2005 Author Subscriber¹ Share Posted October 30, 2005 (edited) Well i want to broaden my knowledge, can you accept that one??? People dont just use Linux to be 1337 h4x0rs they use it as it is more stable then windows and better security, yes its harder to use, but hey, its all the fun. And if i dont intend to use games on the laptop, whats the problem ;) But yeh i updated the sources to that, but i packeges not found in apt-get update and sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2 Edited October 30, 2005 by dave164 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jelly2003 Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 Why are you choosing to run Linux???? 586745705[/snapback] Everybody is new to everything at some stage. I had similar problems once (as would have everybody here) but now I have enough knowledge to do most things (or find answers to most things) and enjoy Linux as the excelent OS that it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+dave164 Subscriber¹ Posted October 30, 2005 Author Subscriber¹ Share Posted October 30, 2005 Hummm how do install stuf like the tightvnc client which is in a .rpm format? And how do you install stuf in the tars, etc. Or is that all in the guide? Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vassie Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 libdvdcss2 has been removed from Breezy, along with w32codecs, and anything else slightly illegal Download libdvdcss2_1.2.9-1ubuntu2_i386.deb and install it wget http://antesis.freecontrib.org/mirrors/ubuntu/plf/pool/free/libdvdcss2/libdvdcss2_1.2.9-1ubuntu2_i386.deb sudo dpkg -i libdvdcss2_1.2.9-1ubuntu2_i386.deb Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensayshun Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 Ever since the upgrade to breezy they havn't been hosting alot of files. you don't need to libdvdcss2 just get xine to install and you'll be fine. It's played everything I've thrown at it so far. I knew you'd come to your senses eventually :p :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotRoot Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 Hummm how do install stuf like the tightvnc client which is in a .rpm format?And how do you install stuf in the tars, etc. Or is that all in the guide? Dave 586746035[/snapback] Download the RPM file and either in the console type: rpm -Uvh whateverfile.rpm or I'm sure Ubuntu has a GUI to do it all for you. The stuff in tars you don't exactly install. You compile them if that's what you want to do. Which you'll need to read the INSTALL text file inside the tar to walk you through it. It isn't hard. Usually just: make make install And then configure the conf files in a text editor and run. Also I don't know if Tight VNC is in any of your default repositories, but if it is then all you need to do is type: sudo apt-get install tightvnc Or you can just get the GUI version of Apt by typing: sudo apt-get install synaptic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensayshun Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 Synaptics comes installed. It's accesible (sp?) in System--->Administration---->Synaptic Package Manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotRoot Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 Why are you choosing to run Linux???? 586745705[/snapback] Just saw this. My response is: Why would I choose anything less powerful? From your statement in the Symphony OS thread, it is like you would rather play with toothpicks and glue to build a solid structure than with steel and rivets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+dave164 Subscriber¹ Posted October 30, 2005 Author Subscriber¹ Share Posted October 30, 2005 (edited) Until i get the sources to work, i dont think any of this is going to work, it even says rpm is an unknown command :( This is my sources, but it says deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 5.10 _Breezy Badger_ - Release i386 (20051012)]/ breezy main restricted deb [url=http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu]http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] breezy main restricted deb-src [url=http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu]http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] breezy main restricted ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the ## distribution. deb [url=http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu]http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] breezy-updates main restricted deb-src [url=http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu]http://gb.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://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu]http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] breezy universe deb-src [url=http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu]http://gb.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://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu]http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] breezy-backports main restricted universe multiverse deb-src [url=http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu]http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] breezy-backports main restricted universe multiverse deb [url=http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu]http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] breezy-security main restricted deb-src [url=http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu]http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] breezy-security main restricted deb [url=http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu]http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] breezy-security universe deb-src [url=http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu]http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu[/url] breezy-security universe This is the error messages in the screenshot (ip blanked for security) Edited October 30, 2005 by dave164 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaKeY Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 http://ubuntuguide.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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