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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 :(

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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

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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.

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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...

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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 ;)

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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

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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

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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

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Why are you choosing to run Linux????

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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.

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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

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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

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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:

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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

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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

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Why are you choosing to run Linux????

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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.

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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)

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