henk oegema

I'm trying to install Automatix2 from

http://www.getautomatix.com/

with the following instructions:

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Installing Automatix2 on (K,X)Ubuntu 7.04 i386,AMD64 (Feisty)

From terminal do the following (ONE LINE AT A TIME HITTING ENTER AFTER EACH
STEP):

First Step:

echo "deb http://www.getautomatix.com/apt feisty main" | sudo
tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list

Second Step:

wget http://www.getautomatix.com/keys/automatix2.key

Third Step:

gpg --import automatix2.key

Fourth Step:

gpg --export --armor E23C5FC3 | sudo apt-key add -

Fifth Step:

sudo apt-get update

Sixth Step:

sudo apt-get install automatix2
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All works fine, except the last command: sudo apt-get install automatix2

henkoegema@kubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install automatix2
Password:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package automatix2 <------------------ ???????
henkoegema@kubuntu:~$

I have successfully installed the package earlier (before I messed up my
system and had to re-install it) :-)

Rgds
Henk

moog

"Henk Oegema" illuminated the devils arse on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 17:24:44
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Henk. You'll find divided opinion in here about Automatix2.

I would recommend against using it. For reasons of system stability.

Check out the following page.
http://www.ubuntuguide.org

This give you a simple step-by-step guide on how to install everything
that Automatix does plus loads, loads more.

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Moog

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leather straps."

henk oegema

Moog.

I used the package only to install my NVIDIA driver. (for 3D games)

That was really easy with that packages !

If there's another (easy) way to install the video drivers, I don't mind.


Henk.

moog

"Henk Oegema" illuminated the devils arse on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 18:32:11
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There most certainly is. See the link I gave you earlier.

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Moog

"Some mornings it just doesn't seem worth it to gnaw through the
leather straps."

henk oegema

Chapter 1.14.3.1 in the linkd, says:

Graphics Card
How to setup nvidia drivers in 7.04
System > Administration > Restricted Devices Manager
Enable Driver

Here the problem starts at once.
In Kubuntu there is no:
System > Administration > Restricted Devices Manager

moog

"Henk Oegema" illuminated the devils arse on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 19:08:12
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Mucho apologetico Henk.

As I run Ubuntu, I just assume others do.

This is the page you want - it's written by the amalgam of folk who
write ubuntu guide.

http://kubuntuguide.org/Feisty

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Moog

"Some mornings it just doesn't seem worth it to gnaw through the
leather straps."

henk oegema

This is what the link says:

Install Latest nvidia/ATI drivers
sudo apt-get install envy

Select the appropriate option and let envy do the rest!


When I try the command:

E: Couldn't find package envy <-------????? :-(

moog

"Henk Oegema" illuminated the devils arse on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 21:50:04
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Envy's home page.

http://www.albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html

I presume you haven't read the repository section of the page.


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leather straps."

nostop

Automatix2, btw, runs envy to install proprietary video drivers. :-)

Cheers

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moog

"NoStop" illuminated the devils arse on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 22:08:04 -0700
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Heh. Give it a rest NoStop. You *know* I'll never recomend Automatix2
or even EasyBuntu.

I'm a firm believer in pointing users to solutions they can learn from.

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Moog

"Some mornings it just doesn't seem worth it to gnaw through the
leather straps."