apt-get?

[Tux_army]

I'm not really familiar with this feature SUSE had it but i've never used it.

Anyways i tried using apt-get to get gstreamer0.8-mad, i've google quite a bit and i've found that i need gstreamer0.8-mad to get mp3 support. However, everytime i try to use apt-get to get gstreamer0.8-mad i always get this message

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
E: Couldn't find package gstreamer0.8-mad

So where else can i get it? I even tried using the Ubuntu official guide and tried getting apt-get install gstreamer0.8-plugin but i get the same message for every software that i tried to use apt-get.

Does Ubuntu have an official webpage for it's softwares? that way i can probably use wget instead.

Thanks in advance!

[Kuolio]

Check out ubuntu wiki, here is a quick link to restricted formats on wiki: RestrictedFormats (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RestrictedFormats)


Be sure to read through: wiki user documentation (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UserDocumentation)

[izmaelis]

There are no right ropesitories listed in you /etc/apt/sources.list.
Check Ubuntu Guide (http://ubuntuguide.org) about how to add extra repositories.

[DJ_Max]

I'm not really familiar with this feature SUSE had it but i've never used it.

Anyways i tried using apt-get to get gstreamer0.8-mad, i've google quite a bit and i've found that i need gstreamer0.8-mad to get mp3 support. However, everytime i try to use apt-get to get gstreamer0.8-mad i always get this message


So where else can i get it? I even tried using the Ubuntu official guide and tried getting apt-get install gstreamer0.8-plugin but i get the same message for every software that i tried to use apt-get.

Does Ubuntu have an official webpage for it's softwares? that way i can probably use wget instead.

Thanks in advance!
You wouldn't be able to use wget, wget will just download the file. It won't update your database, calculate dependencies, etc..
gstreamer0.8-mad is in the universe, make sure you have it enabled. http://ubuntuguide.org/#extrarepositories

[Tux_army]

Thanks for the tips and links - that work out perfectly.

Now off to try and get my sound working.