Step by step:
cp /etc/apt/sources.list sources.list.bak
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
Paste the following at the bottom of the file (for 8.04 change intrepid to hardy):
deb http://linux.getdropbox.com/ubuntu intrepid main
deb-src http://linux.getdropbox.com/ubuntu intrepid main
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nautilus-dropbox
killall nautilus
For Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex
* (cp /etc/apt/sources.list sources.list.bak ; cat sources.list.bak ; echo “deb http://linux.getdropbox.com/ubuntu intrepid main” ; echo “deb-src http://linux.getdropbox.com/ubuntu intrepid [...]
sudo wget http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/openoffice/stable/3.0.0/OOo_3.0.0_LinuxX86-64_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz
tar -xvzf OOo_3.0.0_LinuxX86-64_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz
cd OOO300_m9_native_packed-1_en-US.9358/DEBS/
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
cd ../..
rm -R OOO300_m9_native_packed-1_en-US.9358
Hrm… this didn’t update my menus, I’ll have to revisit this later once I actually need a word processor and figure it out.
Managed to completely screw something up that caused flash to stop working, my drives no longer want to mount, and probably one or two others things that I didn’t bother to find out first. On top of that ever since I switched USB ports on my mouse fiddling around a week or [...]
To resolve this error:
“Google Gears” could not be installed because it is not compatible with your Firefox build type (Linux_x86_64-gcc3). Please contact the author of this item about the problem
Stan Joel posted the lastest (5.18.0) on Issue 335
Download: http://jms.id.au/~shenki/gears/gears-linux-x86_64-opt-0.5.18.0.xpi
In Firefox, click File -> Open File, find gears-linux-opt-0.5.18.0.xpi
Click “Install Now” when prompted
Restart Firefox
I keep up to [...]