Things You Want To Do After Install Ubuntu 10.04 Desktop Part 2

This is the next of previous post Things You Want To Do After Install Ubuntu 10.04 Desktop Part 1. In this post I will show you how to install the list of software from the previous post. To make your Ubuntu desktop as a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop.

Okay, now let’s get started.

First thing I am going to do is activate the root user. Follow these steps to do it:

1. Open your terminal, and type this command:

sudo passwd root

2. Type your root password

3. Then log in as root, as I assume you will do the next steps using the root account.

Okay now let’s update your Ubuntu repository to use Medibuntu and enable the Lucid partner repository. Follow these steps:

1. Update the sources.list with this command:

vim /etc/apt/sources.list

2. Uncomment the Lucid partner repository:

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner

3. Save the file and exit.

4. Get the Medibuntu repository with this command:

wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/$(lsb_release -cs).list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list

5. Get the Medibuntu gpg-key:

apt-get install medibuntu-keyring

6. Update all the repository lists:

apt-get update

You can update your Synaptic to display third-party repositories by:

update-apt-xapian-index

Okay now our repository has been updated. You can either use Synaptic package manager to install all the items from the previous post, or use the shell to install them. But for me I prefer using the shell, since it’s easier for me 🙂

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