Re: [orca-list] Trisquel - Happy with Orca, but without non free packages

["B. Henry" <burt1iband gmail com>]

I think you can add repos that are for Ubuntu, and perhaps some Debian ones, but I think trisquel is 
basically an adapted Ubuntu, so go for that first, 
and of course you can build packages from source.
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On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 05:55:54PM -0200, luciano de souza wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Some days ago, here, a lister gave us a very nice tip: to install Trisquel 7.
>
> I was really satisfied with the result. Orca worked well; the
> old-styled Gnome interface worked well. Gedit is not well, but
> installing Mousepad and Leafpad, I could type my texts without
> problems.
>
> Now, my problem is the instalation of certain non free packages like
> ubuntu-restricted-extras and flashplugin-installer. They are important
> for me, so I tried to add Ubuntu's repositories using commandlines
> like:
>
> $ sudo add-apt-repository http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
> $ sudo apt-get update
>
> I added several repositories, but probably not enough to find this packages.
>
> Yes, this is the output after a 'sudo apt-get install': "The package
> 'ubuntu-restricted-extras' can't be found"; "the package
> 'flashplugin-installer' can't be found".
>
> Orca works really very well with this interface. I really liked
> Trisquel, but how can I use non free packages as the mentioned ones?
>
> If this is not possible, with a pain in heart, I will have to choose
> another distro.
>
> Regards
>
>
> -- 
> Luciano de Souza
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