Contents
- Add Medibuntu to your sources.list
- Install Media Codecs
- Install Skype
- Install XChat
Add Medibuntu to your sources.list
To add Medibuntu to your sources.list:
Ubuntu 8.10 - Intrepid Ibex:
sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/intrepid.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
Ubuntu 8.04 - Hardy Heron:
sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/hardy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
Ubuntu 7.10 - Gutsy Gibbon:
sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/gutsy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
Add the GPG Key:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get update
Install Media Codecs
To install media codecs:
Play encrypted DVDs:
sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2
w32codecs:
sudo apt-get install w32codecs
For 64 bit systems:
sudo apt-get install w64codecs
Install Skype
To install Skype:
sudo apt-get install skype
Note: If you are having problems installing the latest Skype, delete Skype's hidden file first:
rm ~/.Skype/* && rmdir ~/.Skype
Install XChat
Note to Ubuntu Gutsy/Hardy/Intrepid users:
xchat-gnome is NOT XChat.
How to install XChat:
a. Remove xchat-gnome and all its (hidden) files.
sudo apt-get --purge xchat-gnome
c. Check universe and multiverse repos.
d. In a terminal type:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install xchat
If you are getting an error message like "Segmentation fault (core dumped)", remove xchat-gnome's .xchat2 directory first then install XChat.
rm ~/.xchat2/* && rmdir ~/.xchat2
To get tray balloons to work with XChat:
sudo apt-get install libnotify1 libnotify-bin notification-daemon