Freegeek repository
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For systems installed via liveCD or other means you'll need to manually add the freegeek repository and keyring in order to install freegeek-extras
From the GUI
- Go to System >> Administration >> Software Sources
- Select the Other Software tab
- Click Add and type the following:
deb http://apt.freegeek.org/ubuntu lucid main
- Add the Free Geek keyring
- Download the keyring from
http://apt.freegeek.org/freegeek-archive-keyring.gpg
- In the Software Sources window, click on the Authentication and add the keyring file
- Download the keyring from
- Go to Applications >> Ubuntu Software Center and search for freegeek-extras and install it
- Go to System >> Administration >> Update Manager and click Check, then Install Updates
From the CLI
Enter the following into a terminal:
sudo su -c 'echo "deb http://apt.freegeek.org/ubuntu lucid main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/fg.list' sudo wget http://apt.freegeek.org/freegeek-archive-keyring.gpg sudo apt-key add freegeek-archive-keyring.gpg sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install freegeek-extras sudo apt-get upgrade