I suspect (though I don't know) that it's the RealPlayer issue again. I had trouble getting the thing to install in the offical manner. It seemed that the install file was hampering the process, or at least, to get round it meant including a Debian site in apt. so that the install prog/script/whatever-you-call-those-things was bypassed. (Suggested by someone who knows *way* more than I ever will about Ubuntu.) So, (and I know there will be those who ask 'but why RealPlayer when this (insert name of favoured multi-media program) is way better?' :¬) ) if I tried using the official RP update option, which is on offer now, would that work both as a 'get round' to the above problem (in terms of allowing me to get to 6.10) and as a program? Or is that a 'you'll just have to try it' question? Bev.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Wayne Stallwood" ALUGlist@digimatic.co.uk To: ALUG main@lists.alug.org.uk Subject: Re: [ALUG] Firefox Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 01:49:47 +0000
On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 19:06 +0100, Bev Nicolson wrote:
Well, I have actually tried what it suggested on the Ubuntu web site to upgrade to 6.10 but I get an error message about a Debian multi media package website and checking my network connection. Hmm. Still, I have got 7.04 so perhaps I should have go... Bev.
It might be that there is a repository in your apt sources list that is no longer available (or doesn't support 6.10). Have you added any automated media package installers like automatix that may have messed with your /etc/apt/sources.list ? are there any uncommented lines in there that don't point to ubuntu.com or it's mirrors ?
Upgrading to the 7.04 version via the CD you have may be more difficult than upgrading to 6.10 first, I'd check the ubuntu forums before doing that and probably suggest you do it via the repositories rather than from a CD (if you have broadband)
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