Changes 5.10: Add-On Applications

[Mike]

(Please Note: Many of the N/A ones have solutions on the forums, but did not include them since may be legally hazy)

Add-On Applications

1.How to install Menu Editor for GNOME?
Not needed in Ubuntu Linux 5.10, part of Gnome 2.12

2.How to install Clipboard Daemon for GNOME?
Works as is.

3.How to install J2SE Runtime Environment (JRE) with Plug-in for Mozilla Firefox?
sudo apt-get install j2re1.4
will install the Blackdown version of Java 1.4.2

4.How to install Flash Player (Macromedia Flash) Plug-in for Mozilla Firefox?
Works as is.

5.How to install PDF Reader (Adobe Reader) with Plug-in for Mozilla Firefox?
Works as is.

6.How to install Download Manager (Downloader for X)?
Works as is.

7.How to install FTP Client (gFTP)?
Works as is.

8.How to install P2P BitTorrent Client (Azureus)?
N/A

9.How to install P2P eMule Client (aMule)?
Works as is.

10.How to install P2P Gnutella Client (LimeWire)?
Works as is.

11.How to install Messenger (Skype)?
Current not working without rebuilding deb file.

12.How to install WinPopup (LinPopUp)?
Works as is.

13.How to install Multimedia Codecs?
Work other than w32codecs and libdivx4linux

14.How to install DVD playback capability?
N/A

15.How to install Multimedia Player (xine-ui)?
Works as is.

16.How to install Multimedia Player (MPlayer) with Plug-in for Mozilla Firefox?
Works as is.

17.How to install Multimedia Player (XMMS)?
Works as is.

18.How to install Multimedia Player (RealPlayer)?
N/A

19.How to install Stream Directory Browser (streamtuner)?
Works as is.

20.How to install ID3 Tag Editor (EasyTAG)?
Works as is.

21.How to install Video Editor (Kino)?
Unknown

22.How to install Audio Editor (Audacity)?
Works as is.

23.How to install DVD Ripper (dvd::rip)?
N/A

24.How to install CD Ripper (Goobox)?
Works as is.

25.How to install Email Client (Mozilla Thunderbird)?
Works as is.

26.How to install Newsreader (Pan)?
Works as is.

27.How to install RSS/RDF/Atom Newsreader (RSSOwl)?
Works as is.

28.How to install Web Authoring System (Nvu)?
Works as is.

29.How to install Project Management Application (Planner)?
Works as is.

30.How to install Accounting Application (GnuCash)?
Works as is.

31.How to install Desktop Publishing Application (Scribus)?
Works as is.

32.How to install Diagram Editor (Dia)?
Works as is.

33.How to install Compiled HTML Help (CHM) Viewer (xCHM)?
Works as is.

34.How to install CD/DVD Burning Application (GnomeBaker)?
Works as is.

35.How to install Dialup PPP Client (GNOME PPP)?
Unknown

36.How to install Broadband ADSL/PPPoE Client (RP-PPPoE)?
Unknown

37.How to install Boot-Up Manager (BUM)?
Now in official repos,
sudo apt-get install bum

38.How to install Partition Editor (Gparted)?
Works as is.

39.How to install Firewall (Firestarter)?
Works as is.

40.How to install Vulnerability Scanner (Nessus)?
Works as is.

41.How to install RAR Archiver (rar)?
Works as is.

42.How to install Extra Fonts?
Works as is.

43.How to install Chinese Input Method (SCIM)?
Unknown

44.How to install Desktop Applets (gDesklets)?
Works as is.

45.How to install Game (Frozen-Bubble)?
Works as is.

46.How to install Basic Compilers (build-essential)?
Works as is.

[WetWilly]

Why not make mplayer default instead of totem?

[essexman]

3.How to install J2SE Runtime Environment (JRE) with Plug-in for Mozilla Firefox?
Code:
sudo apt-get install j2re1.4


will install the Blackdown version of Java 1.4.2

This doesn't work for me. Does this require non-standard Repositories?

[Mike]

This doesn't work for me. Does this require non-standard Repositories?
Think you have to add the universe repos.

Mike

[essexman]

Think you have to add the universe repos.

Mike

Found it.

Through the enhanced help accessable either via the life-ring on the top panel or from the command line yelp file:///usr/share/ubuntu-docs/generic/faqguide/C/faqguide.xml#sect-java

[Trab]

hmmm... the clipboard is still having issues with me....
i had the clipboard daemon add-in in breezy preview (colony-3) then went straight upgrade to final... (via synaptic and update manager...) and since then the clipboard daemon hasnt worked... i removed hte one i added...
does anyone know where the clipboard daemon is supposed to be? is it an actual file, or what? any help would be aprecated, ive looked around a bit and found nothing....
-Trab

[TiMBuS]

for RP-PPPoE:
sudo apt-get install build-essential
wget http://www.roaringpenguin.com/penguin/pppoe/rp-pppoe-3.6.tar.gz
tar -xvzf rp-pppoe-3.6.tar.gz
sudo sh rp-pppoe-3.6/go-gui

[n8dagr8]

How are you getting RAR to work? I tried adding the backports with this to download it but no luck.

## Backports
deb http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net/ breezy-backports main universe multiverse restricted
deb http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net/ breezy-extras main universe multiverse restricted

I looking off ubuntuguide.org, FWIW.

Thanks for any help. I have a .rar file the I need to get into.

N8

[cbkm]

How are you getting RAR to work? I tried adding the backports with this to download it but no luck.
N8


$ apt-cache policy rar
rar:
Installed: 3.30-2
Candidate: 3.30-2
Version table:
*** 3.30-2 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com breezy/multiverse Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status


From multiverse it looks like. :)

[mailmaldi]

root@maldi:/home/milind/Desktop/xtras/rp-pppoe-3.6/src# ./configure
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details.
root@maldi:/home/milind/Desktop/xtras/rp-pppoe-3.6/src#


i get this on tryin to install rp-pppoe..

i just downloaded the latest rp-pppoe gz & tried...