Enabling Universe and Multiverse Repositories in Ubuntu Linux
How to access the community maintained and non-free package collections in Ubuntu Linux (Dapper Drake release)
The easy way
(using Synaptic Package Manager)
- Open the Synaptic Package Manger from the Gnome System > Administration menu
- Click on Settings and then Repositories
- For each channel, click on Edit and tick the universe and multiverse checkboxes. If there are no checkboxes, add universe multiverse to the Components line
- Click Close and return to Synaptic Package Manager
- Click the Reload button in the toolbar
The harder way
(editing /etc/apt/sources.list)
- Open /etc/apt/sources.list using your favourite text editor as root (using sudo or gksudo
- Add the following lines to the file:
deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe multiverse deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe multiverse
- From a terminal window, save the file and update apt
sudo apt-get update
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