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.
Adding repositories
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Adding repositories
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Re: Adding repositories
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.)
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.)
Re: Adding repositories
Sorry, now I have another question, how do I add the public keys??
Thanks.
Thanks.
Re: Adding repositories
I've been reading some threads about adding keys, it looks complicated...
Help?
Help?
Re: Adding repositories
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.
sudo apt-key add [filename]
will take care if it.
Re: Adding repositories
It may look complicated, but it really isn't. Check out this post I posted recently. Good luckjlbr wrote:I've been reading some threads about adding keys, it looks complicated...