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Adding google repository to Ubuntu or Debian based distros

24-Nov-09

Adding google repository to Ubuntu or Debian based distros.
Add the following rule to e.g. /etc/apt/sources.list, or if your distro has the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ directory, add it to a file called google.list in that directory:
# Google software repository
deb http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ stable non-free main
Once the above entry is added we can run apt as usual.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install [...]

Adding the Google Linux Software Repositories to Ubuntu

13-Nov-09

Adding the Google Linux Software Repositories to Ubuntu
Get key
wget -q -O – https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add -
apt-get update
Add the following rule to e.g. /etc/apt/sources.list, or if your distro has the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ directory, add it to a file called google.list in that directory:
deb http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ stable non-free main
then use apt
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install picasa [...]

How to configure to use RPMforge ?

06-Nov-09

How to configure to use RPMforge ?
Reference: http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/FAQ.php#B2
It’s very easy. Just install the latest rpmforge-release package for your distribution and architecture.
This will automatically install the configuration and GPG keys that are for safely installing RPMforge packages.
The configuration of Yum is inside the rpmforge-release package.
You need to install it yourself.
If you’ve done [...]