As soon as I install Linux I need all multimedia tools. group chat applications, codec’s etc.
Medibuntu repo bring in many of these so that I can quickly get it installed and start using them in minutes.
- Non-Free Media Codecs (w32codecs, libdvdcss, etc)
- Acroread
- Google Earth
- RealPlayer
- Skype
- Popular Media Players without stripped codecs (amarok, xmms, mplayer, kaffeine, k3b)
Now Ubuntu Hardy Heron is hitting the roads in few days and you might start searching for the applications supported on Hardy. Your search ends here, Just add Medibuntu repo to your system and you’re ready to start installing 3rd party applications on your Ubuntu installation.
How to install Medibubntu repo ?
It’s simple, Run the following lines at the console
sudo wget https://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/hardy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list wget -q https://packages.medibuntu.org/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add - && sudo apt-get update
How to install applications after this?
Don’t be kidding. You know how to do it. Use Synaptic package manager or apt-get or aptitude on the console.
Ex:
- sudo apt-get install skype
- sudo aptitude install k3b
Let me know if you face any issues while using this Medibuntu repo.
