migrating to Ubuntu

Today, I upgraded to Ubuntu 9.10. I want to install Tor. I try this tip.

Here is what happens in the terminal of my computer:

liberty@liberty-desktop:~$ sudo sh -c 'echo deb "http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org sid main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list'
[sudo] password for liberty:
liberty@liberty-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install tor tor-geoipdb privoxy

I will try later whether Tor works.

I just used Synaptic to install the tutorial software Wink. For Windows, there is the version 2.x available. For Linux, it is just version 1.5. I will give the Linux version a try. I tried before on Ubuntu XVidCap, and Istanbul Desktop Session Recorder, but both programs didn’t work out.

I am interested in producing some screencasts about open source software. Which screencast software works well under Ubuntu? I have found this overview. Then I downloaded xvidcap_1.1.7intrepid_i386.deb. But obviously, there is a newer version available in a software channel. So I will take a look into Synaptic. A few months ago, I have tried XVidCap on Ubuntu. But probably it was an old version. It was disgusting. So I will try the version that is offered by Synaptic.

I just took a look at the page Stable versions of tor Then I typed into the terminal:

liberty@liberty-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install tor
[sudo] password for liberty:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package tor is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package tor has no installation candidate
liberty@liberty-desktop:~$


So, I wasn’t successful. To get a Tor release, I have to modify the following line:

deb     http://mirror.noreply.org/pub/tor <DISTRIBUTION> main

I have to know the name of the Ubuntu 9.04 release. It is Jaunty Jackalope. I may have to type:

deb http://mirror.noreply.org/pub/tor jaunty main

But this didn’t work out. So I have to find a different way. Maybe I have to modify a file with the sources. Well, I find it too complicated at the moment. I might succeed. But I am using Ubuntu because it is user friendly. Why is it so complicated to install Tor? Maybe I should take a look at this blog post.

I tried the following line:
liberty@liberty-desktop:~$ sudo -i
But now I will try something different (found at http://www.howtoforge.com/the-perfect-desktop-ubuntu-9.04-p2 ):
liberty@liberty-desktop:~$ sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
[sudo] password for liberty:

Well I don’t want to modify /etc/apt/sources.list at the moment. It is too much work. So I will continue to surf without Tor.

This might be the key:

“Tor just updated their repos to reflect jaunty….

http://mirror.noreply.org/pub/tor/dists/

The repos would be

Code:

deb http://mirror.noreply.org/pub/tor jaunty main
deb-src http://mirror.noreply.org/pub/tor jaunty main”

This is a very nice idea: Installing a dual-boot with Windows without partitioning

I don’t need this option because I have two swappable hard drives. One with Win XP and the other one with Ubuntu.

Edit 24 March, 2004 – here is another possibility: Running Ubuntu On Windows XP With Portable Ubuntu

I just learned how to edit files that belong to root. I had to learn that because I am experimenting with lesson 1 of the symfony tutorial. Commands were:

$ mkdir -p /home/sfprojects/jobeet
$ cd /home/sfprojects/jobeet
$ mkdir -p lib/vendor
$ cd lib/vendor
$ tar zxpf NAME.tgz // unpack tgz file
$ mv NAME symfony // rename, had to do this with sudo
$ rm NAME.tgz // delete the tgz file


Almost, I failed. But in the end, I was successful. And now:

ubuntu@ubuntu-desktop:/home/sfprojects/jobeet/lib/vendor$ cd ../..

ubuntu@ubuntu-desktop:/home/sfprojects/jobeet$ php lib/vendor/symfony/data/bin/check_configuration.php
The program 'php' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install php5-cli

OK, I need to install php5-cli. This is the next command:

sudo apt-get install php5-cli

And now:
ubuntu@ubuntu-desktop:/home/sfprojects/jobeet/lib/vendor$ sudo mv sandbox symfony


Sorry that this post is a little bit off-topic.

And now:

ubuntu@ubuntu-desktop:/home/sfprojects/jobeet$ php lib/vendor/symfony/data/symfony/bin/check_configuration.php

It was a little confusing to find the right path, but now I have found it.

I just installed several packages with one single command. I hope that the DVD playback will function someday. On my other Ubuntu computer, DVD playback isn’t a problem. But on my main computer, I have scratched / distorted sound since the upgrade from Ubuntu 8.04 to Ubuntu 8.10.