Re: [orca-list] help with install

[Luke Yelavich <themuso ubuntu com>]

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Posting this on list, as it will likely benefit others as well.

On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 02:10:08PM EST, Lenny Ervin wrote:
> Hi,
> I think it is 7.10, I just downloaded it about a week or so ago.
> It is desktop i386.

Ok, if it is 7.10, I am pretty sure I know what the problem is. Note that the following procedure can be done 
either using gnome-terminal/the command line, or from a GUI tool, however since I personally don't use the 
GUI tool, I don't know how to do it that way.

What we need to do, is enable the universe repositories in /etc/apt/sources.list. This is another archive of 
packages that are available. This repository also happens to have the needed library for ttsynth. Note also 
that you can't edit the file from your user account, and save changes, as it is a system file.

1. Open gnome-terminal, or a console, whatever suits you to get a command-line.
2. run the following: "cp /etc/apt/sources.list ./"
3. Open the file with gedit: "gedit sources.list"
4. You will find lines similar to what I've written below in the now open gedit window, with the sources.list 
file open.

# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy universe multiverse
# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-updates universe multiverse
# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security universe multiverse

5. You need to remove the # character from the beginning of these lines, and any spaces. So to take the above 
example, it would look something like this:

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy universe multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-updates universe multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy-security universe multiverse

6. Close gedit, saving the file in the process.
7. Copy the new file back over the old one: "sudo cp ./sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list"
8. Enter your password, to allow write access to the system file.
9. Run "sudo apt-get update" to refresh the system's repository data.

You should now be free to install ttsynth, run sudo apt-get -f install afterwards, and the needed library 
will be installed.

Hope this helps.

Luke
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