Easy Ubuntu: Ubuntu Desktop ready (multimedia, plugins, ...) in 2 clicks

[keyes]

http://placelibre.ath.cx/keyes/images/Informatique/easyubuntu.png

Now support Breezy and ATI cards !

Easy Ubuntu is an easy way to make Ubuntu usable in few minutes. This a graphical tool for begginers.
With Easy Ubuntu you can use Ubuntu as your main system without any knowledge about Linux!

(French sceenshot beacause I don't have English screenshot but Easy Ubuntu is translated in English)
http://placelibre.ath.cx/keyes/images/Informatique/EasyUbuntu2.3.png

Easy Ubuntu allow you to:

* Add extra repositories for installing a lot of additional software.
* Install multimedia codecs for reading all videos, musics and DVDs.
* Activate the "audio preview" feature in Nautilus.
* Install the most needed Firefox plugins: Flash, Java, Real, videos. Adds Microsoft fonts, GNOME's Firefox buttons, officials Firefox icons.
* Install archiving support for RAR and ACE.
* Install the most used peer-to-peer softwares: aMule (a clone of eMule) and Azureus (for Bittorent).
* Install the Skype voice-over-IP software.
* MSN: Install AMSN cvs with webcam support.
* Num lock: Active the num lock at system startup.
* Replace the GNOME foot logo with Ubuntu's logo.
* Install the NVIDIA or ATI driver for 3D support.

Please use Easy Ubuntu 2.4 beta3 (http://placelibre.ath.cx/keyes/index.php/2005/10/27/65-easy-ubuntu-24-beta)
Get Easy Ubuntu 2.3.1 (http://placelibre.ath.cx/keyes/index.php/2005/09/29/45-easy-ubuntu-23) (works bad)

Note:
* Kubuntu users can use the exellent Easy Kubuntu (http://olwin.free.fr/serendipity/index.php?/archives/1-Easy-Kubuntu-0.4-beta.html) (translated in French and English) by Olwin

[LaSSarD]

Amazing, it's not only for beginners, but also for the ones who doesn't have enough time to always install the same programs ;)

[Christoff UK]

How long should it spend on 'Installing Firefox Plugins' , apart from this lack of progress, this seems like nice work and a great idea \\:D/


Edit...its finished now, nice work!

[poofyhairguy]

This is the single best thing I have seen in the community outside of backports and the forum. Amazing. I'll ask for a third party spot if you want. Amazing.

Thank you very much, I'll ask people in the know and see if someone can make a good deb for it.

Thanks again!

[panickedthumb]

that's freakin' incredible. You are the man.

[matthew]

Fabulous idea! Thanks, bro!

[MetalMusicAddict]

WOW! So sick! Will there be one made for Breezy?

[Nano]

WOW! So sick! Will there be one made for Breezy?
Two things:
1) Amazing first post
2) Amazingly useful app!

Congrats!

[benplaut]

WOW! So sick! Will there be one made for Breezy?

ditto to that :)

[mohaham]

This is an amazing app. Keep up the good work..

[cron0]

WARNING: This is not to be used with Breezy as it replaced your apt/sources.list with hoary repositories and updates stuff from them. Good thing I noticed that early and could cancel the process. I don't think that my Breezy setup would have liked getting updates from Hoary :-)

Suggestion for the author: It should detect the version/release and use the appropriate repositories.

Note to myself: I now have to find a way to get the original breezy sources.list back :-(

Other than that, amazing app !!

cron0

[ssck]

this is great .... i wish i had this when i first started using ubuntu ... :)

[Galoot]

Awesome stuff!

[benplaut]

WARNING: This is not to be used with Breezy as it replaced your apt/sources.list with hoary repositories and updates stuff from them. Good thing I noticed that early and could cancel the process. I don't think that my Breezy setup would have liked getting updates from Hoary :-)

Suggestion for the author: It should detect the version/release and use the appropriate repositories.

Note to myself: I now have to find a way to get the original breezy sources.list back :-(

Other than that, amazing app !!

cron0

heres mine:

# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 5.10 _Breezy Badger_ - Alpha i386 (20050817)]/ 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

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

[parktownprawn]

vive la ubuntu-fr

[America's Reject]

vive la ubuntu-fr
How do I isntall this? Please help?

Thanks

[TrailerTrash]

This is great! Im excited!

[keyes]

This is not "breezy ready" t this time but if you want to use Easy Ubuntu with breezy just open the file conf/sources.list and change all "hoary" by "breezy".

The previous sources.list is saved at /etc/apt/sources.list_backup
All the changed files (esd.conf, icons, ...) are saved like old-file.ext_backup

[parktownprawn]

How do I isntall this? Please help?

Thanks

The (hopefully) easy guide to EasyUbuntu. Two suggested methods:


Graphical Method:
-----------------------------------------

Save the following to your desktop:
http://placelibre.ath.cx/keyes/downloads/EasyUbuntu-2.1.tar.gz

Right click on the EasyUbuntu-2.1.tar.gz icon and select "Extract here"

double click the resulting EasyUbuntu folder
double click the EasyUbuntu script in the EasyUbuntu folder

the following might pop up
http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=2347&stc=1

select Run

you may want to remove EasyUbuntu-2.1.tar.gz and the EasyUbuntu folder from your desktop when you are finished

Text Method:
-----------------------------------------------

Open a terminal.

Download and extract it:


wget http://placelibre.ath.cx/keyes/downloads/EasyUbuntu-2.1.tar.gz
tar xvzf EasyUbuntu-2.1.tar.gz

go to the new directory and run it :

cd EasyUbuntu
./EasyUbuntu


Enjoy the convenience.

you might want to remove it afterwards


cd ..
rm -rf EasyUbuntu

[America's Reject]

The (hopefully) easy guide to EasyUbuntu. Two suggested methods:


Graphical Method:
-----------------------------------------

Save the following to your desktop:
http://placelibre.ath.cx/keyes/downloads/EasyUbuntu-2.1.tar.gz

Right click on the EasyUbuntu-2.1.tar.gz icon and select "Extract here"

double click the resulting EasyUbuntu folder
double click the EasyUbuntu script in the EasyUbuntu folder

the following might pop up
http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=2347&stc=1

select Run

you may want to remove EasyUbuntu-2.1.tar.gz and the EasyUbuntu folder from your desktop when you are finished

Text Method:
-----------------------------------------------

Open a terminal.

Download and extract it:


wget http://placelibre.ath.cx/keyes/downloads/EasyUbuntu-2.1.tar.gz
tar xvzf EasyUbuntu-2.1.tar.gz

go to the new directory and run it :

cd EasyUbuntu
./EasyUbuntu


Enjoy the convenience.

you might want to remove it afterwards


cd ..
rm -rf EasyUbuntu

Thanks =D

[frodon]

Easy Ubuntu is an easy way to make Ubuntu usable in few minutes. This a graphical tool for begginers.

Easy Ubuntu allow you to:

* Add extra repositories to install lot of additional softwares (Actived by default: Universe, Multiverse, Extra. Desactived by default: Backports, Wine, PHP5, suPHP, KDE 3.4.2)
* Install multimedia codecs for reading all videos, musics and DVD.
* Active the "audio preview" in Nautilus
* Install most needed Firefox plugins (Flash, Java, Real, videos), Microsoft fonts, new Firefox buttons integrated with GNOME, officials Firefox icons
* Install RAR and ACE archives support
* Install the most used peer to peer software: aMule (an eMule clone) and Azureus (Bittorent)
* Install the Skype voice over IP sowtware
* Replace the GNOME foot by an Ubuntu logo
* Install the NVIDIA drivers who support 3D

Get Easy Ubuntu 2.1 (http://placelibre.ath.cx/keyes/index.php/2005/09/11/37-easy-ubuntu-now-in-english) Could you give me for information the details of video/audio codecs which are installed. Which video stream plugin is installed for firefox ?

great job, thank you !

[aveline]

Could you give me for information the details of video/audio codecs which are installed. Which video stream plugin is installed for firefox ?

great job, thank you !
just visit the website that is linked in this thread... the Get easy ubuntu 2.1 linky will do it.

aveline

[frodon]

I just want more precise informations, i think sources will learn me more about it.

[daveisadork]

Good job on this one! This will definitely reduce the tedium of setting up new machines. Thanks.

[parktownprawn]

Could you give me for information the details of video/audio codecs which are installed. Which video stream plugin is installed for firefox ?


if you look inside the script it you'll find:

# Install multimedia packages
apt-get --assume-yes --force-yes install w32codecs totem-xine gstreamer0.8-plugins gstreamer0.8-lame gstreamer0.8-ffmpeg gstreamer0.8-faac gstreamer0.8-faad libdvdcss2 libxvidcore4 libdivx4linux lame sox ffmpeg mjpegtools vorbis-tools mpg321

and

# Install plugins
apt-get --assume-yes --force-yes install sun-j2re1.5 flashplayer-mozilla realplayer mozilla-plugin-vlc msttcorefonts

[frodon]

thanks that's what i was looking for ;-)

[GeneralZod]

Very nice work - Zod salutes you!

[escuchamezz]

excellent application, shame it's not in english ;-)

[jbinc1]

This may be an uninformed question, but wil this work correctly with kubuntu?
This sounds like a great app.:)

[idn]

Nice app,

Encouraging people to use skype though :( Ubuntu should start pushing some GPL alternatives like openwengo, they seem to be doing some exciting stuff with that, writing kde and gtk front ends for it.

Anyway back to the topic, a really nice app. How do you add audio support in nautilus? Could you post the code for it?

Cheers,

Jon

[teolemon]

This may be an uninformed question, but wil this work correctly with kubuntu?
This sounds like a great app.:)
EasyKubuntu is already coded but (as far as i know) not already translated into English

[keyes]

See http://olwin.free.fr for Easy Kubuntu (only in french now).

How do you add audio support in nautilus?

[code]sudo apt-get install mpg321[/quote]

Skype is not Open Source but this is a "most wanted" app !
Many peoples have a Skype account and want to speak with Skype also on Linux. Easy Ubuntu allow that.

[DancingSun]

This doesn't work on the 64-bit Ubuntu, does it?

[dudinatrix]

Can't wait for EasyKubuntu! This is a great idea...

[yyagol]

Note that if you use a R2L languages it masses that up in the
firefox browser.....how can i fix that ?

[arnieboy]

If I get some time this weekend, I will try to contribute to this awesome effort and add some more functionality. This should be made sticky.

[macgyver2]

This should be made sticky.
I usually don't like stickies, but this time I have to make an exception and agree. This is fantastic work!

[jbinc1]

I'm looking forward to easykubuntu in english. I'll keep an eye out for it

[Caboto]

@keyes:
I've sent you an PM regarding a german translation made by me. Did you get it and is everything okay with it? If you need anything else translated or make a newer version with new content, send me a PM. Englisch->German only. I've had French in school, but je ne sais rien... :?

[arnieboy]

keyes: can u provide me with the source code so that I can have a look at it?

[keyes]

keyes: can u provide me with the source code so that I can have a look at it?
The source code ?
This a bash script so just open "EasyUbuntu" and "eu" files with a text editor and you will see the source code.

The templates for gettext (the PO file) can be found in the /lang/fr directory.

[parktownprawn]

keyes: can u provide me with the source code so that I can have a look at it?

its a bash script - just untar it. ;-)

[arnieboy]

The source code ?
This a bash script so just open "EasyUbuntu" and "eu" files with a text editor and you will see the source code.

The templates for gettext (the PO file) can be found in the /lang/fr directory.
ok thanks! I havent had a chance to look at the stuff yet.

[loon]

ubuntu boot splash 4tw.

[Steve Smith]

This is amazing!

I just installed the Firefox part though, and if I'm not imagining things it's changed the shape of my webpage buttons and text boxes, and the Firefox logo on the window menu. How do I get Firefox back to how it was?

[pgmario]

I just installed the Firefox part though, and if I'm not imagining things it's changed the shape of my webpage buttons and text boxes, and the Firefox logo on the window menu. How do I get Firefox back to how it was?



Quit Firefox
In a terminal type: sudo cp -R /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/res_backup /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/res
Enter your password if asked
Restart Firefox
I actually like the new forms, they fit well into my GTK-Theme (Milke).

[pgmario]

I forgot to mention that the above solution will only make your forms and buttons the way they were. To change the icons back, replace the second step with:
sudo cp /usr/share/pixmaps/mozilla-firefox_backup.png /usr/share/pixmaps/mozilla-firefox.png
sudo cp /usr/share/pixmaps/mozilla-firefox_backup.xpm /usr/share/pixmaps/mozilla-firefox.xpm
sudo cp /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/icons/default_backup.xpm /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/icons/default.xpm
sudo cp /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/chrome/icons/default/default_backup.xpm /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/chrome/icons/default/default.xpm
sudo cp /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/icons/document_backup.png /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/icons/document.png
It might be necessary to log out and in again afterwards.

[mustang]

Thank you for this fine app, worked flawlessly. I wish I had used this when I first installed Ubuntu.

[Steve Smith]

Quit Firefox
In a terminal type: sudo cp -R /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/res_backup /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/res
Enter your password if asked
Restart Firefox
I actually like the new forms, they fit well into my GTK-Theme (Milke).
Thanks! The icons worked but I must've overwritten the backup of the forms somehow. Uninstalling and reinstalling mozilla-firefox sorted it, but...



Could someone select to completely remove "mozilla-firefox" from Synaptic (without clicking ok - obviously!) and tell me which dependent packages it took with it, because reinstalling didn't put them back on - thanks!

[teolemon]

I've done this from your blog posts in 10 minutes or so.Hope it can help for 2.2

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="content-type">
<title>Easy Ubuntu v2.2</title>
</head>
<body>
<div style="text-align: center;"><img style="width: 275px; height: 58px;" alt="Easy Ubuntu v2.2" src="file:///home/famille/Desktop/easyubuntu.png"><br>
<br>
<div style="text-align: left;"><strong><br>
</strong><img style="float: left; height: 341px; width: 522px;" src="http://placelibre.ath.cx/keyes/images/Informatique/EasyUbuntu2.1.png" alt="Capture d'&eacute;cran de Easy Ubuntu 2.1" hspace="30"><strong>Telechargez Easy Ubuntu sur&nbsp;http://placelibre.ath.cx/keyes/downloads/EasyUbuntu-2.1.tar.gz<br>
<br>
</strong>A force d'installer et de r&eacute;installer Ubuntu, il devient lassant de
toujours devoir effecteur les m&ecirc;mes actions: installer des d&eacute;p&ocirc;ts
suppl&eacute;mentaires, les codes n&eacute;cessaires pour une utilisation multim&eacute;dia,
les plugins Firefox indispensables ...
C'est pourquoi j'ai &eacute;crit un modeste script nomm&eacute; EasyUbuntu qui permet
de rendre Ubuntu utilisable en un instant.
Il pourra aussi &ecirc;tre appr&eacute;ci&eacute; des utilisateurs d&eacute;butants qui ne veulent
pas gal&eacute;rer pour pouvoir lire une vid&eacute;o ou &eacute;couter un mp3.<br>
<br>
Cette version &agrave; les m&ecirc;mes fonctionnalit&eacute;s que la pr&eacute;c&eacute;dente &agrave; savoir,
au choix: installer les codecs n&eacute;c&eacute;ssaires pour lire la plupart des
musiques et vid&eacute;os, d'installer les plugins indispensables &agrave; Firefox,
le support des archives RAR et ACE, l'installation de aMule (un clone
d'eMule), Azureus (BitTorrent) et de Skype (t&eacute;l&eacute;phonie via Internet)
mais est dot&eacute;e d'une interface graphique la rendant encore plus simple
d'acc&egrave;s&nbsp;!<br>
<strong><br>
</strong>
<div style="text-align: right;"> Keyes &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<br>
<strong></strong></div>
<strong><br>
<br>
Divers</strong>
<ul>
<li>Support de Breezy. C''&eacute;tait la fonctionnalit&eacute; la plus demand&eacute;e, Easy Ubuntu
d&eacute;tecte maintenant si c'est hoary ou breezy qui est utilis&eacute;e et s'adapte en
cons&eacute;quence.</li>
<li>Internationalisation utilisant gettext</li>
<li>Ajout des traductions en espagnol (merci Angel), en allemand (merci Mario et Caboto) et en danois (merci Soren).</li>
<li>Correction de la traduction en Anglais</li>
<li>Installation de amsn CVS qui supporte la webcam MSN.<strong></strong></li>
</ul>
<strong>Pour le multim&eacute;dia</strong>:<br>

<ul>
<li>ajout de mpg321 qui permet la "pr&eacute;-visualisation sonore" dans nautilus</li>
<li>Codecs DivX suppl&eacute;mentaires</li>
</ul>


<p><strong>Pour Firefox</strong>:</p>

<ul>
<li>Correction du "bug" qui emp&ecirc;che Real Player de fonctionner (concerne esd.conf)</li>
<li>Remplacement de l'ic&ocirc;ne de Firefox par l'ic&ocirc;ne officielle</li>
<li>Utilisation des boutons de formulaires Industrial qui sont bien plus jolis et int&eacute;gr&eacute;s a Ubuntu</li>
<li>Notification dans l'interface que les polices Microsoft sont install&eacute;es</li>
<li>Remplacement du plugin VLC pour Firefox par celui utilisant Mplayer qui semble bien mieux s'en tirer.</li>
</ul>


<p><strong>Une nouvelle option</strong>:</p>

<ul>
<li>Remplacer le pied GNOME (a cot&eacute; des menus <em>Applications</em>, <em>Raccourcis</em>, ...) par le logo Ubuntu.</li>
</ul>


<p><strong>D&eacute;p&ocirc;ts</strong>:</p>

<ul>
<li>ajout d'un d&eacute;p&ocirc;t tr&egrave;s a jour pour Wine mais d&eacute;sactiv&eacute; par d&eacute;faut.</li>
</ul>


<p><strong>Correction de bugs</strong>:</p>

<ul>
<li>Firefox plus lanc&eacute; en root</li>
<li>Real Player fonctionne (voir plus haut)</li>
</ul>
<strong>Drivers vid&eacute;o</strong>
<ul>
<li>Possibilit&eacute; d'installer les pilotes NVIDIA pour la 3D</li>
<li>Possibilit&eacute; d'installer les pilotes ATI pour la 3D</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>


<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="content-type">
<title>Easy Ubuntu v2.2</title>
</head>
<body>
<div style="text-align: center;"><img style="width: 275px; height: 58px;" alt="Easy Ubuntu v2.2" src="file:///home/famille/Desktop/easyubuntu.png"><br>
<br>
<div style="text-align: left;"><strong><br>
</strong><img style="float: left; height: 341px; width: 522px;" src="http://placelibre.ath.cx/keyes/images/Informatique/EasyUbuntu2.1.png" alt="Capture d'&eacute;cran de Easy Ubuntu 2.1" hspace="30"><strong>Download Easy Ubuntu at&nbsp;http://placelibre.ath.cx/keyes/downloads/EasyUbuntu-2.1.tar.gz<br>
<br>
</strong>Installing and reinstalling Ubuntu quickly gets boring as you
tend to repeat the same actions again and again: install additionnal
repositaries,requested codes for a multimedia use,the most necessary
Firefox plugins ... That's why i've written that tiny script named
EasyUbuntu which allows instant use of Ubuntu.It might also be
appreciated by new users who would like to have it work without using
complex tutorials to watch a video or listen to mp3.<br>
<br>
Cette version &agrave; les m&ecirc;mes fonctionnalit&eacute;s que la pr&eacute;c&eacute;dente &agrave; savoir,
au choix: installer les codecs n&eacute;c&eacute;ssaires pour lire la plupart des
musiques et vid&eacute;os, d'installer les plugins indispensables &agrave; Firefox,
le support des archives RAR et ACE, l'installation de aMule (un clone
d'eMule), Azureus (BitTorrent) et de Skype (t&eacute;l&eacute;phonie via Internet)
mais est dot&eacute;e d'une interface graphique la rendant encore plus simple
d'acc&egrave;s&nbsp;!<br>
<strong><br>
</strong>
<div style="text-align: right;"> Keyes &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<br>
<strong></strong></div>
<strong><br>
<br>
Divers</strong>
<ul>
<li>Support de Breezy. C''&eacute;tait la fonctionnalit&eacute; la plus demand&eacute;e, Easy Ubuntu
d&eacute;tecte maintenant si c'est hoary ou breezy qui est utilis&eacute;e et s'adapte en
cons&eacute;quence.</li>
<li>Internationalisation utilisant gettext</li>
<li>Ajout des traductions en espagnol (merci Angel), en allemand (merci Mario et Caboto) et en danois (merci Soren).</li>
<li>Correction de la traduction en Anglais</li>
<li>Installation de amsn CVS qui supporte la webcam MSN.<strong></strong></li>
</ul>
<strong>Pour le multim&eacute;dia</strong>:<br>

<ul>
<li>ajout de mpg321 qui permet la "pr&eacute;-visualisation sonore" dans nautilus</li>
<li>Codecs DivX suppl&eacute;mentaires</li>
</ul>


<p><strong>Pour Firefox</strong>:</p>

<ul>
<li>Correction du "bug" qui emp&ecirc;che Real Player de fonctionner (concerne esd.conf)</li>
<li>Remplacement de l'ic&ocirc;ne de Firefox par l'ic&ocirc;ne officielle</li>
<li>Utilisation des boutons de formulaires Industrial qui sont bien plus jolis et int&eacute;gr&eacute;s a Ubuntu</li>
<li>Notification dans l'interface que les polices Microsoft sont install&eacute;es</li>
<li>Remplacement du plugin VLC pour Firefox par celui utilisant Mplayer qui semble bien mieux s'en tirer.</li>
</ul>


<p><strong>Une nouvelle option</strong>:</p>

<ul>
<li>Remplacer le pied GNOME (a cot&eacute; des menus <em>Applications</em>, <em>Raccourcis</em>, ...) par le logo Ubuntu.</li>
</ul>


<p><strong>D&eacute;p&ocirc;ts</strong>:</p>

<ul>
<li>ajout d'un d&eacute;p&ocirc;t tr&egrave;s a jour pour Wine mais d&eacute;sactiv&eacute; par d&eacute;faut.</li>
</ul>


<p><strong>Correction de bugs</strong>:</p>

<ul>
<li>Firefox plus lanc&eacute; en root</li>
<li>Real Player fonctionne (voir plus haut)</li>
</ul>
<strong>Drivers vid&eacute;o</strong>
<ul>
<li>Possibilit&eacute; d'installer les pilotes NVIDIA pour la 3D</li>
<li>Possibilit&eacute; d'installer les pilotes ATI pour la 3D</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>

[arnieboy]

Modified and enhanced script:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=66563

[olwin]

First beta for Easy Kubuntu (English and French version , I have only test the french version for the moment):

(Only for Hoary)
Easy Kubuntu allow you to:

Localization : Translation Kubuntu in your language
Multimedia : Needed codecs to read lot of sounds and videos
Konqueror : Most used plugins (Java, Flash, Real, ...), Microsoft fonts
Additional archiving tools (rar and ace)
Peer to Peer : aMule (eMule clone) and Azureus (BitTorrent)
Skype : A free (as a free beer) Voice Over IP software
KOffice - Integrated Office Suite
Makes your GTK 2(Gnome) apps look like Qt (KDE) ones
DigiKam : a simple digital photo management application
Drivers with 3D support for NVIDIA AND ATI graphics cards (beta)

INSTALL :
dpkg -i EasyKubuntu-0.4.deb

RUN :
Menu K --> System --> Easy Kubuntu

REMOVE :
apt-get remove EasyKubuntu

TEST IT (http://olwin.free.fr/EasyKubuntu-0.4.deb)

[keyes]

http://placelibre.ath.cx/keyes/images/Informatique/easyubuntu.png

Get Easy Ubuntu 2.2beta (http://placelibre.ath.cx/keyes/index.php/2005/09/18/40-easy-ubuntu-22beta-nouvelles-easy-ubuntu)

New features:
- Support Breezy (not yet tested)
- Support ATI 3D cards
- Install AMSN CVS with webcam support
- Can turn on num lock on system startup

Bugs corrections:
- English corrections (thanks Søren!)
- Solved probelm with NVIDIA drivers

Thanks to teolemon for the beautiful logo and evryone who helped me !

[Galoot]

Just in case anyone notices their /etc/apt/sources.list inexplicably changed to French (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=65006&page=2&pp=10&#post347634) a month after using this script, don't tear your hair out like I did while thinking you're having a senior moment. Easy Ubuntu did it.

[mustang]

Just in case anyone notices their /etc/apt/sources.list inexplicably changed to French (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=65006&page=2&pp=10&#post347634) a month after using this script, don't tear your hair out like I did while thinking you're having a senior moment. Easy Ubuntu did it.

Aha I was wondering how that happened...thanks for the explanation!

Not that it really mattered---I still pull in about the same speeds!

[sigma2805]

thank you soooooo much for an awesome program. Totem finally reads WMV files using this script. I'm so happy i don't need to load VLC anytime i want to open those files. Awesome!

[keyes]

thank you soooooo much for an awesome program. Totem finally reads WMV files using this script. I'm so happy i don't need to load VLC anytime i want to open those files. Awesome!
In 2.2 sources.list are now i english. Sorry for the non-french readers!

[NZ-Wanderer]

Hi there
I decided to give your easyubuntu a try in Breezy as it had things I wanted to try to install, so I gave it a go, I tried it twice, and got errors each time..

Here is a log of the second time (didn't think to save a log the first time).. I'm no expert (actually I'm a real newbie at Linux and Ubuntu) but I dont think things went very well, apart from the errors I see in the log posted below, I also got 2 ERROR windows as well (these windows I got on both times)...

ERROR 1
The application"wnck-applet" has quit unexpectedly

ERROR 2
The panel encountered a problem while loading "OAFID:GNOME_WindowListApplet"

LOG
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy main restricted
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-updates main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-updates main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security main restricted
Multimedia|Firefox|Archives|Peer to Peer|Num Lock|Logo|3D
E: Package w32codecs has no installation candidate
Multimedia|Firefox|Archives|Peer to Peer|Num Lock|Logo|3D
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Package mozilla-plugin-vlc is not installed, so not removed
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
azureus: Depends: sun-j2sdk1.5 but it is not installable or
java2-runtime
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
E: Package sun-j2re1.5 has no installation candidate
res/radio_checked.png
res/button-bg-active.png
res/platform-forms.css
res/checkbox.png
res/droparrow.png
res/checkbox_checked.png
res/radio.png
res/button-bg.png
./eu: line 82: 7617 Terminated zenity --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Easy Ubuntu" --text "Installing new buttons"
Multimedia|Firefox|Archives|Peer to Peer|Num Lock|Logo|3D
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
Multimedia|Firefox|Archives|Peer to Peer|Num Lock|Logo|3D
./eu: line 118: 7622 Terminated zenity --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Easy Ubuntu" --text "Installing official icons"
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
Multimedia|Firefox|Archives|Peer to Peer|Num Lock|Logo|3D
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
Multimedia|Firefox|Archives|Peer to Peer|Num Lock|Logo|3D
Multimedia|Firefox|Archives|Peer to Peer|Num Lock|Logo|3D
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV35 [GeForce FX 5900] (rev a1)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
nvidia-kernel-common is already the newest version.
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
azureus: Depends: sun-j2sdk1.5 but it is not installable or
java2-runtime
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
./eu: line 186: nvidia-glx-config: command not found

[rajsarkar]

Excellent tool. Thanks.

[pgmario]

Hi there
I decided to give your easyubuntu a try in Breezy as it had things I wanted to try to install, so I gave it a go, I tried it twice, and got errors each time..

Here is a log of the second time (didn't think to save a log the first time).. I'm no expert (actually I'm a real newbie at Linux and Ubuntu) but I dont think things went very well, apart from the errors I see in the log posted below, I also got 2 ERROR windows as well (these windows I got on both times)...

Have you ever installed the flashing taskbar patch and marked libwnck as not to be upgraded?
If so, you could try
sudo echo libwnck16 install | sudo dpkg --set-selections
sudo apt-get install --reinstall libwnck16
Could be that I'm absolutely wrong, but it's worth a try.

[pgmario]

I just read in another forum that the w32codecs and RealPlayer were taken out of the backports repositories.
That's probably due to new packages being built with GCC4, the article says.
If the codecs and the player can't be installed at the moment, chances are it's got nothing to do with Easy Ubuntu.
The suggested method to install the codecs anyway is to download a .deb here (ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/pool/main/w/w32codecs/w32codecs_20050412-0.0_i386.deb) and install them manually with dpkg. RealPlayer can still be downloaded from their official website (http://www.real.com/linux/).

[keyes]

I just read in another forum that the w32codecs and RealPlayer were taken out of the backports repositories.
That's probably due to new packages being built with GCC4, the article says.
If the codecs and the player can't be installed at the moment, chances are it's got nothing to do with Easy Ubuntu.
The suggested method to install the codecs anyway is to download a .deb here (ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/pool/main/w/w32codecs/w32codecs_20050412-0.0_i386.deb) and install them manually with dpkg. RealPlayer can still be downloaded from their official website (http://www.real.com/linux/).
Yes Easy Ubuntu use backports for w32codecs and real. If backports have problems, Easy Ubuntu doesn't work !

[sinbad782]

For Skype, does this program add the Skype official Debian repository, or does it just download the current version when the script is run?

It's just that I think it may be better to add the extra repository, as that way, Skype will be kept up to date more easily for average users.

[keyes]

For Skype, does this program add the Skype official Debian repository, or does it just download the current version when the script is run?

It's just that I think it may be better to add the extra repository, as that way, Skype will be kept up to date more easily for average users.
It adds the official Skype repository.

In next release (2.3):
Hoary support will be lost, 2.3 will be a "for Breezy only" release. Why? Because I don't have Hoary installed.

* Use totem_gstreamer (instead of totem_xine in 2.2) with new codecs included in Breezy
* Use the brand new Totem Firefox Plugin (included by Default in Breezy, Mozilla Mplayer plug-in removed).
* New Windows binary codecs, RealPlayer and Java install process (because they are removed from the Extras repository).
* Russian translation (thanks Alexander!).
* Finnish translation (thanks Jyri-Petteri!)
* Better German and Danish translations.
* Maybe DMA support (but it seems to be dangerous when users (like me) have VIA or AMD chipsets, more infos?).

Suggestions and infos are welcome.

[delphi]

Great idea - at last ! I've also contacted guys at Ubuntu-ja (http://www.ubuntulinux.jp ) to see if they could do something similar for Japanese language support (at the moment their scritp is executed during installation of a speciall version of Ubuntu they provide).

Keep on great work...Thanks again!

[netwench]

hi,

i was just wondering, as a beginner, i installed hoary and spent 3 hours last nite trying to get something that will play real player videos and windows media player video streams to play in firefox. i even tried installing that extention "media player connectivity" but i can't seem to get anything to play. in other words, i've already tried installing and downloading stuff. if i use this easy ubuntu, will that be able to install everything correctly and fix my problem? do i need to uninstall things first? i don't get any errors- i just go to a web page with a video and nothing ever happens. no pop up, no errors, it just sits there.

what about the post above that mentions the w32codecs and realplayer being removed anyway? is that replaced or now will this script not be able to work anyway?

also, the realplayer from real.com is realplayer 10 (RealPlayer10GOLD) but when you get the script from apt it's looking for some file starting with rp8_******* something. soooo... i see both of them under sound and video, but when i click on them, nothing happens.

i'm really hoping your easy script will be able to help me out..i should have found this post BEFORE i tried installing all this...

thanks for any advice,
netwench

[keyes]

Easy Ubuntu 2.3: http://placelibre.ath.cx/keyes/index.php/2005/09/29/45-easy-ubuntu-23

New features in 2.3:

* Breezy fully supported
* Use totem_gstreamer to play videos instead of totem_xine.
* Use the brand new Totem's Firefox plugin.
* New install process for the "Binary Codecs" (w32codecs), Java and Real (because they have been deleted form the Extras repository).
* Translated in Russian (tahnks Alexander!) and in Finnish (thanks zeip!)
* Better German and Danish translations.

[mangar]

I think that the following repoitories adds some nice stuff:

# wine (latest version)
deb http://wine.sourceforge.net/apt/ binary/

# libhdate (Hebrew date applet, spell checker, etc)
deb http://libhdate.sourceforge.net/debian/ breezy main

#7zip (latest version)
deb http://adn.diwi.org/debian/ /

#unofficial debian (sun - java 1.5 sdk, limewire, livdvdcss2, skype)
deb http://ftp.debian-unofficial.org/debian sarge main contrib non-free restricted

#gwaret (evonotify)
deb http://www.grawert.net/ubuntu/ warty universe

#marillat (mirror)
deb http://www.las.ic.unicamp.br/pub/debian-marillat unstable main

[kdvgent]

Installed the Breezy preview.
Today tried to run EasyUbuntu. I have the impression things did not succeeded well - for example no realplayer to find (via "updatedb && locate real"). Other things like fglrx driver or the original firefox icons are OK.
Trying to rerun EasyUbuntu make it stuck (near to 100% cpu, no progress anymore) once it has giving the message installing Firefox plugins.
Erasing the EasyUbuntu directory, downloading, expanding and running it again still gives the same problem.
Any hints?
Regards, Karel

[keyes]

Mangar, thanks for the repositories, I will try this to add them when i've time!

kdvgent, Easy Ubuntu seems to have some problems with RealPlayer, i'm looking for a solution!

[Hast la Vista]

nice thanks;
-)

[Alessio]

For traduct it in italian?

[mangar]

made some changes
a.I've added the repositores, +
b. changed "infos" to "information"
c. added a Java SDK button
d. changed the binary extraction part to use w32codecs and libcss2 from
the repositores

the archive is attached (version 2.3.1)

needs testing.

[mangar]

If I forgot something, meld (the diff program) may be useful
(the codebase is very small. so far)

[keyes]

Thanks for your help mangar!
I will try this before merging.

The big problem is with "Marillat"! Packages from this repository are designed for Debian and can break your Ubuntu.
Note: Libdvdcss is already installed by apt (comming from the "Extras"). Duplicate in your code.

I will read your code and merge with the main Easy Ubuntu next days. Please add -pseudo for unofficial releases (like EasyUbuntu2.3-mangar.tar.bz2).

Thanks a lot. Improvements and comments are welcomed!

Alessio, translations are make by users. I you want an Italian translation translate the PO file lang/fr/EasyUbuntu.po

Replace French messages by Italian like this:

msgid "The English text here!"
msgstr "The Italian translation here!"

and send me the file :-)

Please report any bug! My goal is a very stable and useful Easy Ubuntu for the Breezy release!

[darkmatter]

Excellent work, keyes!

This saves me an incredible amount of work setting up new systems for people.

If I was a woman, I'd kiss you...:razz:

[urbandryad]

does the Hoary version have local repositories, IE: on the hardrive? Or from the install CD-ROM or a USB? I don't have a CD burner or the internet at home. :3

Just some ideas for updates. ^^; I might try out Breezy when its a little more stable.

[keyes]

Don't have local repositories, packages are downloaded on the Internet.

[p0rnflake]

This is the single most impressive program I've seen posted anywhere in the linux community for a long time keyes.

I hope you'll keep new versions comming.

It will increase the chances the new linux users stick around tremendously.

[erhard]

Even after running this app twice i still don't have Java, is there anything I might be doing wrong?

[cowlip]

Hey, my only problem here is with the dialog, i keep pressing "cancel" whenever it pops up by accident. I think it would be good in the notification area.

[opera]

How long should it spend on 'Installing Firefox Plugins' , apart from this lack of progress, this seems like nice work and a great idea \\:D/
Edit...its finished now, nice work!
Looks impressing; however, it seems to be installing the firefox plugins forever and ever . . .

[cowlip]

Looks impressing; however, it seems to be installing the firefox plugins forever and ever . . .
Yes, got the same problem here :( I'm trying the .1 version now

Does anyone else have this problem with dpkg after trying to run easyubuntu?

dpkg: status database area is locked by another process

[gabbman]

Everything worked except installing the ATI. I still have no 3d.

[keyes]

Installing Firefox take a long time. You can also kill the proccess "apt-get" and "dpkg".
I don't have tested the ATI driver install (because I don't have ATI cards). Feedback and corrections (if needed) are welcomed.

[gpw797]

Everything worked here on a fresh breezy install except nvidia drivers. Doesn't look like xorg.conf was modified at all.. should driver now read "nvidia" instead of "nv"?
xorg.conf looks like this...
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following commands:
#
# cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.custom
# sudo sh -c 'md5sum /etc/X11/xorg.conf >/var/lib/xfree86/xorg.conf.md5sum'
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
Section "Files"
FontPath "unix/:7100" # local font server
# if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
# paths to defoma fonts
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "GLcore"
Load "i2c"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV43 [GeForce 6600 GT]"
Driver "nv"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV43 [GeForce 6600 GT]"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "256x256"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "256x256"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "256x256"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "256x256"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "256x256"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "256x256"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

[WetWilly]

15 minutes and still not installed Firefox plugins... so I surrendered.

How long did it take for u guys??


Otherwise its an awesome app !!

[poofyhairguy]

What repo do you use for the codecs?

I ask because some might not exist for Breezy.

Is there a way you could use this one:

ftp://cipherfunk.org/pub/packages/ubuntu/pool/main/w/w32codecs/w32codecs_20050412-0unofficialubuntu2_i386.deb

For w32codec?

Thanks. Because, without that, Breezy will be much harder.

[sd_ap]

the 2.2 link (for hoary) forwards to a forum, and the 2.3 (for breezy) works just fine.

it says not to use 2.3 for hoary so I dont want to do that :)

Does anyone have a link to the 2.2 version? I am interested in giving this a go.


EDIT:

found it..and it has been installing the FF plugins for well over 30 minutes now!! had to plug my laptop in to charge it :)

i had already installed java, acroread, and flash prior to running easy ubuntu, so i hope this doesn't bork those up or vicey versy...

a statusbar would be great...maybe a package list, a total/remaining bar...something to let the user know it's doing something and what it is doing....

still, this rules!
thanks :)

[keyes]

2.2 seems to have a problem with "Installing Firefox Plugins"

[edm00se]

Don't know if anyone's interested, but I got bored, played around with GIMP and came up with an icon for Easy Ubuntu. Hope everyone enjoys it like I did.

Here it is as a .xpm
http://141.219.80.136/rndm/easy_ubuntu_icon.xpm
And as a .gif
http://www.geocities.com/velveeta_cheez/rndm/easy_ubuntu_icon.gif

And here's a variation/earlier toying
http://141.219.80.136/rndm/eu.xpm

[keyes]

I've make a remake of your logo using the Ubuntu font!
Thanks for the idea and the logo, it will be the official logo for the next release!

http://placelibre.ath.cx/keyes/images/Informatique/EasyUbuntu.png

[edm00se]

I've make a remake of your logo using the Ubuntu font!
Thanks for the idea and the logo, it will be the official logo for the next release!

It was using the same font. I think scaling it smaller had a bit worse effect than expected.

[`GooZ´]

Really like it!
Now let's hope v2.4 is ready on 'the big day', because many people (including me) will then install Breezy, and will need all of this stuff :-). If you need someone to translate it to Dutch, I'll be glad to help.

[jkbys]

I wrote Japanese translation patch for Easy Ubuntu 2.3.

This patch includes:
* lang/ja/EasyUbuntu.po - Japanese message catalog file
* conf/sources.list.ja - includes repository provides Japanese-specific packages
* eu - If conf/sources.list.${LANG:0:2} exists, it is copied instead of conf/sources.list.

I'm happy that my patch be applied to next version.

[exxcaliber]

I tried to install java for firefox with easy ubuntu 2.3, but it didn't work out.
I use breezy, and firefox 1.07.. I haven't had any luck using any installation guides though, but the program is a great idea!

[ceti]

Only the multimedia package & NVIDIA drivers worked.
Firefox plugins/Archives/Skype failed. Skype even reported a "broken package".

[keyes]

I will include you patch jkbys, thanks a lot!

Gooz, i'm very busy this time. 2.4 will be ready "the big week" but not "the big day" ... Sorry

[recklessray]

http://placelibre.ath.cx/keyes/images/Informatique/easyubuntu.png

Now support Breezy and ATI cards !

Easy Ubuntu is an easy way to make Ubuntu usable in few minutes. This a graphical tool for begginers.
With Easy Ubuntu you can use Ubuntu as your main system without any knowledge about Linux!

(French sceenshot beacause I don't have English screenshot but Easy Ubuntu is translated in English)
http://placelibre.ath.cx/keyes/images/Informatique/EasyUbuntu2.3.png

Easy Ubuntu allow you to:

* Add extra repositories for installing a lot of additional software.
* Install multimedia codecs for reading all videos, musics and DVDs.
* Activate the "audio preview" feature in Nautilus.
* Install the most needed Firefox plugins: Flash, Java, Real, videos. Adds Microsoft fonts, GNOME's Firefox buttons, officials Firefox icons.
* Install archiving support for RAR and ACE.
* Install the most used peer-to-peer softwares: aMule (a clone of eMule) and Azureus (for Bittorent).
* Install the Skype voice-over-IP software. (Warning: at this time Skype is not packaged for Breezy so install don't work)
* MSN: Install AMSN cvs with webcam support.
* Num lock: Active the num lock at system startup.
* Replace the GNOME foot logo with Ubuntu's logo.
* Install the NVIDIA or ATI driver for 3D support.

Get Easy Ubuntu 2.3 (http://placelibre.ath.cx/keyes/index.php/2005/09/29/45-easy-ubuntu-23)

Note:
* Kubuntu users can use the exellent Easy Kubuntu (http://olwin.free.fr/serendipity/index.php?/archives/1-Easy-Kubuntu-0.4-beta.html) (translated in French and English) by Olwin
* Experimented users would take a look at Automatix (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=66563) a powerful script who allow to install lot of softwares not included in Easy Ubuntu !


hi there, im a newb and mistakenly installed 2.3 on my hoary system. needless to say it crashed big time at my next reboot but id love to install 2.2 (for hoary) to give it a go. please help --- the link from the website as mentioned above is all in french and i dont speak french... could someone please reply with a download link for easy ubuntu 2.2 ... many thanks... Ray :)

[pgmario]

could someone please reply with a download link for easy ubuntu 2.2
Here you go:
http://placelibre.ath.cx/keyes/downloads/EasyUbuntu-2.2beta.tar.gz

By the way, "download" is "télécharger" in french ;)

[sunshine82]

sorry it did not work for me what is wrong? did as u said did not work?

[H_Roark]

I'm not having any luck either. I'm only trying to install the codecs for wmv, and it seems to stall on the binaries download. Great idea, though.

[bennettg]

great

[offcourse]

Hello,
I installed yesterday ubuntu breezy badger. Everything was OK. Then I discovered that the possibility to install some important proprietary packets from backports was discontinued. Easy ubuntu 2.3 was the right choice (very good project). I was sorry to note tha same hanging up on w32codecs that was already reported on the forum.
Any suggestion?

[pointzero]

I went into the 'eu' script in the EasyUbuntu folder and changed the www1.mplayer... to www4.mplayer...

It downloaded the codecs, but it still doesn't work. RealPlayer doens't install either.

[KrazyPenguin]

How long does it take to download all those binary codecs???

I think Easy Ubuntu is stuck :-(

[keyes]

I will make some updates to fix problems probably Sunday.
I apologize (i'm very busy now).

[plainzwalker]

I seem to be experiencing problems. When it gets to the d/ling codecs part it sat for over 20 minutes with no network activity...is this normal?

[keyes]

The Mplayer website is down, so Easy Ubuntu don't work.
Another bug is present and it's impossible to install "firefox plugins".

I apologize, the next release (2.4) will fix that and have new features:
- Use the PLF repository: http://placelibre.ath.cx/keyes/index.php/2005/10/14/56-plf-ubuntu-meeting-summary
- Localized sources.list (like fr.archive.ubuntu.com ..., thanks jkbys)
- Activating UDMA if possible (chipset detection)
- New translations (Japanese, Italian and Portuguese)
- Use totem-xine because it seems to work better than totem-gstreamer

[Sliced]

Ask a silly question, I installed the ATI drivers and forgot to make a note of the uninstall command if I was getting xorg errors and Ubuntu wouldn't show up. Then upon a reboot, my xorg returned an error. Can somebody tell me what command I need to input in order to reserve the changes I made to my video drivers?

[keyes]

sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.cong_backup /etc/X11/xorg.conf

[keyes]

Easy Ubuntu 2.3.1 who correct lot of bugs (Now multimedia, Skype, and Firefox plugins works): http://placelibre.ath.cx/keyes/index.php/2005/09/29/45-easy-ubuntu-23

[plainzwalker]

I think I'm having a problem with the skype part. For some reason the package manager wants to remove it and is reporting it broken. Is this a normal thing?


Thanks

[keyes]

Yes this a poor hack to install Skype. The official package is broken, Easy Ubuntu install it anyway but it have some "secondary effects".

[MrCheese]

I'd like to nominate Keyes for some sort of recognition for an outstanding contribution to the community - so simple yet so useful!:KS

[fsman]

A feature request.

would it be possible for localise the source.list file?
ie. rather the use the generic site archive.ubuntu.com

use

us.archive.ubuntu.com
gb.archive.ubuntu.com
etc

[`GooZ´]

@ fsman: look closely


I apologize, the next release (2.4) will fix that and have new features:

- Localized sources.list (like fr.archive.ubuntu.com ..., thanks jkbys)

[BLTicklemonster]

Now can you get this little sucker to make whatever I install show up in applications like God Himself intended them to do? I can't believe that Ubuntu can set up a network for me, but it can't keep up with what apps and programs I install.

[binarymelon]

keyes, i'm just wondering what gtk theme you are using in that first screen?

[andril]

:p Finally a app & post that seems to be the light at the end of my error tunnel! Thanks in advance for the great app! I'll be back to praise you once I get my PC back on track


I am back and happy :p it worked for most of my issues and I am back to semi-normal. Thank You again!

[MTO]

I cant do anything :confused:
When I open it and click run it starts updating my sources, but then it dissapears... so it doesnt do anything at all.

install.log is created, but empty.

What can I do? :???:

Thanks

[BLTicklemonster]

Oh okay, I love it. But just a couple of things. I installed the msn thingy, and it absolutely refused to work at all. Froze up totally.

Xine plays dvds but they are real choppy. They played really well before using another method to download win32 codecs, I wonder if you are using the same repositories...

Now for the big one. I cannot turn my computer off unless I physically press the power button. There are no options when I go to log off other than "do you want to save the current settings". There is no choice between logging off, restarting, turning off, etc. If I can edit a conf file, that's fine with me, no prob, but I wonder if EU was the cause of this because it happened right after I used it.

Oh, and as long as you are so incredible at automating things, I just know you won't stop at just this. I'm eagerly awaiting your next project, which logically would be an installer that automates many more things easier than using synaptic (which is incredibly easy in the first place). Would you make, or is there already, an option to uninstall whatever is done in EU? Would one just uncheck stuff to undo what one has done in EU?

Thanks for taking the time to make this really cool program/package/thing/whatever you call it in Ubuntuese. :)

[Sutekh]

I still have problems opening .rar archives from the file browser, "Archive type not supported".
I had no errors using EasyUbuntu, and the install.log looks okay. Any ideas? Otherwise it worked great! Thanks Keyes!

[dracflamloc]

I just wanted to say thanks for this wonderful tool. It saves alot of time for me. I'm an IT Manager starting to deploy some Ubuntu-based machines to a few employees and one major complaint has been the lack of MP3 support.

I ran this on my base install and ghosted it to all the other machines. VOila, instant MP3 and video.

[keyes]

New Beta: http://placelibre.ath.cx/keyes/index.php/2005/10/27/65-easy-ubuntu-24-beta

See the changelog following the link (must works better)

[wolfchri]

Hello folks,

does EasyUbuntu now install the Quicktime codec ? Last week, it didnt. I still have to use PCLinuxOS (which is very good in Multimedia) to watch the Apple movie trailer site.

Any idea how to install the Quicktime codec manually? Where can I get it?

[jkbys]

Hi,

Thank you for your work, keyes.

ja/EasyUbuntu.po seems to be broken and localized sources.list won't be used.
This is fixed ja/EasyUbuntu.{po,mo} and patch for eu.

[keyes]

Thanks I add it soon.

[Breezy Badger]

has anyone used the 2.4 beta yet, should I try.

also how do I install this, I know this sounds dumb...but when i right click the package after download I have no extract option

BAdger

-----EDIt---------

Figured it out, had to add some packages to allow for extract. 2.4 is great, even if it is beta...worked for me smooth as gravy. Now I just have to find out how to make this webcam work

[AndreAPL]

great work.
Can i help in translation to Portuguese ??

[arnieboy]

keyes: the plf repos are down as u obviously know. any idea when they will be up again?

[Ozitraveller]

I just download the latest beta, and I notice that when I pressed cancel on the dialog about "more infos", I got the more infos that I said I didn't want.

When I run the EasyUbuntu script I get the following error message:
Failed to run ./eu as user root: Child terminated with 1 status

Is it normal that I can cut/paste the error message from the dialog straight into this post?

[Cyfr]

When I try and install amsn, it seems to install.. but theres no sign of it on my system..

[taterknight]

I just download the latest beta, and I notice that when I pressed cancel on the dialog about "more infos", I got the more infos that I said I didn't want.

When I run the EasyUbuntu script I get the following error message:
Failed to run ./eu as user root: Child terminated with 1 status

Is it normal that I can cut/paste the error message from the dialog straight into this post?

I got the same problem you did. I dunno what to do.

[BLTicklemonster]

I got the same problem you did. I dunno what to do.
Try right clicking on your desktop, make a launcher, and in command, put


/opt/msn/amsn

and try it that way.


Or you could use system tools application menu editor...


on my computer, it's listed in internet apps.

[r4ik]

Unbelievable good job. !!:cool: =D>
Wrong place ignore it pls.

[r4ik]

No words yust=D> =D>

[keyes]

Sorry I was away while some times.

First for the PLF: The main PLF repositories are down for 2 or 3 days.
Please use a Mirror replacing in conf/sources.list or lang/your_lang/sources.list if available:
## PLF repositories, contains litigious packages, see http://wiki.ubuntu-fr.org/doc/plf
deb http://antesis.freecontrib.org/mirrors/ubuntu/plf/ breezy free non-free
deb-src http://antesis.freecontrib.org/mirrors/ubuntu/plf/ breezy free non-free

with

deb ftp://ftp.free.fr/pub/Distributions_Linux/plf/ubuntu/plf/ breezy free non-free
deb-src ftp://ftp.free.fr/pub/Distributions_Linux/plf/ubuntu/plf/ breezy free non-free

No mirror available for the "Freecontrib" repository who provide amsn CVS, sorry.
If you speak French you can follow the problem on Philippe Mironov's blog: http://blog.freecontrib.org/ he's Ubuntu PLF sysadmin.

We apologize.

Andre: Yes send me the translation (ex: using the file lang/fr/EasyUbuntu.po): dunglas AT gmail DOT com

Ozitraveller: Hum I don't know I will look at there this week.

Cyfr: Some problems with AMSN (my package seems buggy and now the repository is down). I will look at that too.

r4ik: Thanks! ;-)

[last1]

So, is the problem going to get fixed anytime soon? Cause I really wanted to recommend this to a friend who's new to linux, but it loses some of its appeal if he's gotta manually edit repo information.

[keyes]

Now fixed. Works fine.

[Fittersman]

lol you guyses bunny and freddy world domination thingers thats pretty funny

[babygigi]

it sounds like a great idea... does it work in breezy? cuz for me it changed the name of my source.list and wn't let me touch it... so now i cn't do anything and it has problems booting up... as in i have to use recovery mode... it got up to the point where i just re-installed breezy... is there a way to change this? i just lost all the config. i've made to the pc... is there a way to fix this?

[keyes]

Unknow bug :|

[NZ-Wanderer]

Can someone please tell me how to get my original list of respositories back again please??

[peanut butter]

you could try logging in as root. not wih sudo.??

[babygigi]

hum... i fixed it but just running fsck manually and fixing a few problems that i answered yes too... and its workin now...

[Ozitraveller]

Can someone please tell me how to get my original list of respositories back again please??

if have a look in /etc/apt/ folder you should see a file called sources.list, which is the updated version you are now using. And the is probably another called something like sources.list.original or sources.list.backup. Just check the dates one of the should be the original.

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo gedit /etc/apt/{backup filename goes here}

then you can copy and paste between them.

Then save the sources.list version

[NZ-Wanderer]

Many thanks for that :) :)

[unf]

Does it work in AMD64 version?

[Ozitraveller]

Does it work in AMD64 version?

That would depend on whether packages have been built for the "64" repositories. I'd say probably not. I don't know how difference there is between the repositories.

[Brian031168]

Ive been running this program most of the day, it is very very slow. It is currently "installing official icons" and "installing new buttons" for what I dont know but it has been on this stage for about an hour. I am going to give it 20 mins or untill someone posts me a reply and then I am going to assume its not working and cancel it.
Anybody else have a similar problem?

[KermitJr]

Translated in English... but no webpage in english to describe it (Kubuntu).

Any chance you could update the Easy Kubuntu web page for english?

Thanks,
KJ

[unf]

That would depend on whether packages have been built for the "64" repositories. I'd say probably not. I don't know how difference there is between the repositories.
Well there is only one way to find out.

[unf]

It's not working.... :( :rolleyes:

[newuser111]

this is a great program

it correctly installed the fglrx ATI driver for me and works

[keyes]

I'm not the maintainer of Easy Kubuntu. I will ask he about a translation of the page.

[andlinux21]

I just downloaded and installed this after a fresh install of Breezy this is great thanks...

[Hebus95]

I have just downloaded the last version of Easyubuntu written in python. But i cant get it working. I m not sure the way I launch the script easyubuntu.py is good. I used
sudo python easyubuntu.py
The main window of Easyubuntu was then launched although a few warnings : (easyubuntu.py:9612): Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by Xlib

(easyubuntu.py:9612): Gdk-WARNING **: cannot set locale modifiers
I precise I'am running under a fresh installation of breezy upgraded with standard updates.
The most embarassing problem is that the script can't access to the freecontrib repositories. (http://packages.freecontrib.org).
What could i do ? Thanks.

[sandyeggoboy]

Yeah i have been ahving the same problem withthe freecontribs thing for days now:
=====
Failed to fetch http://antesis.freecontrib.org/mirrors/ubuntu/plf/dists/breezy/Release.gpg Could not connect to antesis.freecontrib.org:80 (213.251.190.135). - connect (111 Connection refused)
Failed to fetch http://antesis.freecontrib.org/mirrors/ubuntu/freecontrib/dists/breezy/Release.gpg Could not connect to antesis.freecontrib.org:80 (213.251.190.135). - connect (111 Connection refused)
W: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

===

Then it wont install ANYTHING!!!

could you please fix this?

thanks!!!

Deric Stowell

[Hebus95]

Here is a solution (not tested on powerpc)

in the detect.py file replace the two occurences of :
deb http://packages.freecontrib.org/ubuntu/plf/ breezy free non-free
by :
deb ftp://ftp.free.fr/pub/Distributions_Linux/plf/ubuntu/plf/ breezy free non-free

Finaly remove if it exists the detetct.pyc file. (sudo rm detect.pyc)
________

You can otherwise download a version of Easyubuntu i have modified here (http://www.filesupload.com/showlink.php?files=EasyUbuntu-Non_official-alternative_repository.tar.gz&dir=&user=coincoin).
Please consider it is only a temporary and non official version of Easyubuntu.
It has not been tested with powerpc architecture.

[Hebus95]

Cool !
The official plf server (http://packages.freecontrib.org/ubuntu/plf/) does work now again!
My previous post is useless.
Good time with Easyubuntu !

[LinuxKid]

funny question:

which is easier; easyubuntu or automatix

all I'm seeing here is that automatix was based upon this, so is there any real difference between this and automatix other than appearance?

[Dml]

my question is whever automatix is based on it or it is based on automatix. I haven't heard of this before, and used automatix. If one is based on other shouldn't there be credits....
edit: it seems that easy ubuntu was first and automatix second...

[teolemon]

EasyUbuntu was created.Automatix was forked from it for more daring users.EasyUbuntu was then forked of Automatix ofr one part via EasyBreezy.

Both are GPL

[kar-tar]

This question has probably been answered, but some quick searching about hasn't put my mind at ease.

Why aren't Easy Ubuntu and / or Automatix just independant package repositories? From my understanding these pieces of software (I haven't used them yet) are designed to automate the installation of downloadable software.

Now I understand why they aren't part of the *official* or hosted repositories... IP concerns and all that, but what, fundamentally, can these do that apt + .debs can't? What specifically is preventing this extra content from being maintained as .debs on independant servers?

[rverrips]

This question has probably been answered, but some quick searching about hasn't put my mind at ease.

Why aren't Easy Ubuntu and / or Automatix just independant package repositories? From my understanding these piecs of software (I haven't used them yet) are designed to automate the installation of downloadable sofdtware.

Now I understand why they aren't part of the *official* or hosted repositories... IP concerns and all that, but what, fundamentally, can these do that apt + .debs can't? What specifically is preventing this extra content from being maintained as .debs on independant servers?

Hey Kar-tar - Independent reposititories is EXACTLY what EasyUbuntu and Automatix are based around. With the exception of a few wgets, most of the software that's installed with these scripts are pulled from "alternate" repositories. All the script(s) actually do is edit the source.list and apt-get the desired packages.

Their aim is to make life easier for newbie's so they don't have to go around editing sources.list and sudo'ing and stuff like that.

Hope that explains things ...

[thava]

I used Easy Ubuntu to install my ati 3d driver, but i can't change my screen resoulution to 1280x800....

now it use 1024x768 :(

any help???

my xorg.conf: (/etc/X11/xorg.conf)

# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
# paths to defoma fonts
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "GLcore"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "dk"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon Mobility 9600/9700 M10/M11 (RV350 NP)"
Driver "fglrx"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
Modeline "1280x800@60" 83.91 1280 1312 1624 1656 800 816 824 841
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon Mobility 9600/9700 M10/M11 (RV350 NP)"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1280x800"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1280x800"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x800"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x800"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x800"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x800"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

[Don_DiZzLe]

Does this also work on dapper beta?

[quincyjones]

I used Easy Ubuntu to install my ati 3d driver, but i can't change my screen resoulution to 1280x800....

now it use 1024x768 :(

any help???

my xorg.conf: (/etc/X11/xorg.conf)


Install 915resolution, see: http://users.skynet.be/thomasvst/linux-on-laptop/

[Nolt]

hi :) i want ask if easyubuntu supports Dapper ? i installed codeks by easyubuntu and works fine :P

[quincyjones]

Do Easy Ubuntu or Automatix correctly install ALL mulitmedia plugins (codecs) for firefox?
Because neither works for me (each tried separately off a fresh install)
- no quicktime, faulty Windows Media Player

[kbrooks]

Yes, EasyUbuntu now supports Dapper!

[Kamping_Kaiser]

Do Easy Ubuntu or Automatix correctly install ALL mulitmedia plugins (codecs) for firefox?
Because neither works for me (each tried separately off a fresh install)
- no quicktime, faulty Windows Media Player

What sort of problems with WM[AV] were you having? 'faulty' isnt very usefull for debuging a problem :)
kk

[eric.proctor]

Is Easy Ubuntu Open Source so that I could look around in the source code? That would be very nice. Private message me if you can help.

[robotgeek]

Of course, it's open source.

It's written in Python, so the "executable" is the code.

You can also get the code from svn, details on http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org/get.html

[dirtvoyles]

The Kubuntu link seems to be having issues. (from the first post)

I didn't see any updated links in the rest of the pages, but if I missed it, please correct me. I'm just trying to easily install pieces since Automatix doesn't support Dapper yet.

[robotgeek]

The Kubuntu link seems to be having issues. (from the first post)

I didn't see any updated links in the rest of the pages, but if I missed it, please correct me. I'm just trying to easily install pieces since Automatix doesn't support Dapper yet.
Which Kubuntu Link? The current EasyUbuntu Beta works on Kubuntu. (http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org/get.html)

[dirtvoyles]

Thank you very muchfor pointing me in the correct way. I was unaware.

Now I shall continue my look for eye candy tutorials.

[ed_d]

I have tested the easy ubuntu this past weekend. Seems to work well, but had a couple of things to add:

Numlock didnt seem to work, even after reboot.

Need to add Adobe to the mix, as it is in Automatix.

Would be nice to have the Firefox 1.5 update on it too.

I did down load and use automatix for my Badger install. I find automatix to be very simple to use, but has a ton of features too, that I wont use, but nice to have the option.

All and all, great tool, just seems to need a bit more tweaking.

[Lagiv]

I haven't yet tried EasyUbuntu, but I really like the direction it's going!

"This release supports Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu, Breezy/Dapper, x86/powerpc/amd64!"

Wow, that's just awesome!

[DJiNN]

Can anyone tell me if Easy Ubuntu works on Xubuntu (Latest Dapper) yet?

Thanks for your time.

DJiNN

[robotgeek]

Can anyone tell me if Easy Ubuntu works on Xubuntu (Latest Dapper) yet?

Thanks for your time.

DJiNN
Yes it does

[DJiNN]

Thanks for that..... gonna give it a try right now! :)

[DJiNN]

WoW!! How easy is that!? Nice one, and Kudos to the team that put this together. Really makes getting Xubuntu "up & running" with a few more Bells & Whistles, a LOT easier! I heartily recommend this.....

Many many thanks for saving me soooo much time & hassle! :)

DJiNN

[ceti]

I tried to install the nVidia driver on Kubuntu Dapper Drake, but it didn't work.

It seems that nvidia-glx conflicts with nvidia-settings.

Any ideas?

[Uta]

I used Easy Ubuntu on my Dell Laptop running 5.10 and it worked perfectly. I now have a dual boot iBook running Dapper and tried Easy Ubuntu and nothing got installed. Does it work on the PPC version of Dapper?
-----------------------
Answered my own question.
http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org/get.html

[Uta]

I did the terminal commands posted,the script seem to run without error but nothing is working. I had downloaded the latest version Beta 3? I am running Dapper on my iBook (PPC) anyone had success with getting Easy Ubuntu to work on a PPC?
I tried to add the RealPlayer app but got an error message it was the wrong architecture. I thought EU was suppose to run on PPC?

[robotgeek]

I did the terminal commands posted,the script seem to run without error but nothing is working. I had downloaded the latest version Beta 3? I am running Dapper on my iBook (PPC) anyone had success with getting Easy Ubuntu to work on a PPC?
I tried to add the RealPlayer app but got an error message it was the wrong architecture. I thought EU was suppose to run on PPC?

Is this on Breezy/Dapper? There are no binaries for realplayer, we are waiting for someone to package it for us.

[imaca]

Hi - tried the new 2.4 beta4 on dapper (rc latest updates)
Tried installing multimedia, firefox plugins and numlock.
does not work for me.
following are the error messages:

cp: target `/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/' is not a directory: No such file or directory
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavail able)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another proc ess using it?
Multimedia|Web|Archives|Num Lock
mv: cannot stat `/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/libtotem_mozilla.a': No such f ile or directory
mv: cannot stat `/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/libtotem_mozilla.la': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat `/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/libtotem_mozilla.so': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat `/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/libtotem_mozilla.xpt': No such file or directory
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavail able)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another proc ess using it?
./eu: line 76: gst-register-0.8: command not found
Multimedia|Web|Archives|Num Lock
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavail able)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another proc ess using it?
firefox-bin: no process killed
res/radio_checked.png
res/button-bg-active.png
res/platform-forms.css
res/checkbox.png
res/droparrow.png
res/checkbox_checked.png
res/radio.png
res/button-bg.png
./eu: line 79: 6669 Terminated zenity --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Easy Ubuntu" --text "Installing new buttons"
Multimedia|Web|Archives|Num Lock
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
./eu: line 111: 6674 Terminated zenity --progress --pulsate --auto-close --title "Easy Ubuntu" --text "Installing official icons"
Multimedia|Web|Archives|Num Lock
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
Error: No running window found

[robotgeek]

Please use EasyUbuntu from http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org

[Bloch]

Is the version given at the start of this thread out-of-date? The link is:

Please use Easy Ubuntu 2.4 beta3
Get Easy Ubuntu 2.3.1 (works bad)

You are led to a page dated
jeudi 27 Octobre 2005 (the rest is in English however)
and in the blog replies below there are several months worth of spam - the usual porn links etc.

Would you trust a product from a site like that???????

[ceti]

Is the version given at the start of this thread out-of-date? The link is:

Please use Easy Ubuntu 2.4 beta3
Get Easy Ubuntu 2.3.1 (works bad)

You are led to a page dated
jeudi 27 Octobre 2005 (the rest is in English however)
and in the blog replies below there are several months worth of spam - the usual porn links etc.

Would you trust a product from a site like that???????

This is the post right BEFORE yours:
Please use EasyUbuntu from http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org (http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org/)

[Psquared]

I downloaded the program and ran it but it does nothing. (at least not as described)

[Psquared]

Please use EasyUbuntu from http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org

This one seems to actually work. I installed everything (except Nvidia which I had compiled manually) so I'll do a little experimentation and see what happens. :-k

[Gaute65]

This is the post right BEFORE yours:
Please use EasyUbuntu from http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org (http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org/)


A suggestion.

Remove this sticky and replace it with a sticky with the correct information in the first post. It would make much easier for us newbies.

BTW. Thanks to all that have made easy ubuntu:)

[Kawayanan]

A suggestion.

Remove this sticky and replace it with a sticky with the correct information in the first post. It would make much easier for us newbies.

BTW. Thanks to all that have made easy ubuntu:)

I second this. If the first post in this thread can't be edited, this stickied thread should be replaced with one that is up to date. This one get people started off all wrong.

Kawayanan (and thanks to everyone working on this)

[acisternas]

Amazing app!!
Great work!

[msixp_k7]

Hay I got this thing And I cant get it to work!!!!

[Hg80]

nice easy to use app, thumbs up!

[Zeterai]

Mph. I followed all the instructions but when it comes to "sudo python easyubuntu.in"
it asks for my password, and then tells me

"python: can't open file 'easyubuntu.in': [Errno 2] No such file or directory"

I'm completely new to Linux in any form, and even the experienced person that was helping me was having trouble making my NVIDIA card work (Can't stand this small a resolution much longer...)... so I was really hoping this could help :S

- I haven't actually read all the posts yet. There's 20 pages, but if I find something I'll edit this.

[Kouya]

Mph. I followed all the instructions but when it comes to "sudo python easyubuntu.in"
it asks for my password, and then tells me

"python: can't open file 'easyubuntu.in': [Errno 2] No such file or directory"


I'm a new ubuntu user as well. Just got it installed last night. I have the exact same problems as you when i try to install easy ubuntu. Help anyone???

[Kouya]

@Zeterai

try typing ""sudo python easyubuntu.py"

it works when i do that but i can't dl all the packages and i get some security error after that...lemme know how yours turns out

[Zeterai]

Hmm.. works well enough so far. Several things are refusing to install but near as I can tell, it's all stuff for Breezy. Since I use Dapper, I don't see a problem.

Universal refused to install as a repository as well, but I've put that in manually. Yes, I may be new, but that doesn't mean I haven't learned to screw around with things I shouldn't. >.>


Did you enter your root password properly, Kouya? That might give a security error, but I'm not entirely sure. It goes through Sudo though, and that means you've gotta use your password SOMEWHERES..

[Kouya]

cool!

glad it works for u. Yup I did enter my root password properly...

anyway i just did a clean install of dapper again..will give easy ubuntu another shot.

oh with easy ubuntu, are u able to watch dvds and vcds?

[Zeterai]

Doesn't actually work for me. It's in but it just doesn't do anything.


Tried installing just one; the NVIDIA drivers that I WANT...I'm used to 1280x1024, y'see and this resolution hurts.

This is what it gives me.. "http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper/universe/source/Sources.gz: Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1)"

[Kouya]

hmm wat resolution are you using now?

even before installing easy ubuntu i was on 1280x1024.

i can't watch dvds or vcds either..I've just install easy ubuntu again. will let u know if i figure out anythg.