Adding repositories

jlbr · Post by **jlbr** » Sat May 30, 2009 11:25 am

Hello,
While I am not completely new to linux since I used Ubuntu for about a year, I am new to Mint, and one thing I can figure out when compared to Ubuntu, is how to add repositories. I mean, there is no Software Sources app in Mint, am I right?

Could anybody give me some pointers on this one?

Thanks.

RedWagon · Post by **RedWagon** » Sat May 30, 2009 11:34 am

You should still have Synaptic in Mint (not sure about 7) but my favorite way is just through the command line.
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
then just paste the repo address at the bottom. You can replace gedit with any other text editor (vi, nano, abiword etc.)

jlbr · Post by **jlbr** » Sat May 30, 2009 12:55 pm

Great tip.

Thanks!

jlbr · Post by **jlbr** » Sat May 30, 2009 1:24 pm

Sorry, now I have another question, how do I add the public keys??

Thanks.

jlbr · Post by **jlbr** » Sat May 30, 2009 1:30 pm

I've been reading some threads about adding keys, it looks complicated...

Help?

RedWagon · Post by **RedWagon** » Sun May 31, 2009 5:49 pm

It's been awhile since I've added any repos, but I remember looking though the tutorials and thinking this was a lot harder than it should be then I found apt-key. I'm pretty sure
sudo apt-key add [filename]
will take care if it.

spet · Post by **spet** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 3:12 am

jlbr wrote:I've been reading some threads about adding keys, it looks complicated...

It may look complicated, but it really isn't. Check out this post I posted recently. Good luck

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