Installing new software from live media doesn't work

[James]

For me it didn't work clicking on any software to install/try it out on the live media (usb stick) until I ran the command:

sudo apt-get update

Then I could install programs without problems. I figure updating the sources at some point my keep this from happening, I'm not sure if there's a way to to check with a shell script if apt-get install worked without errors or not, but if so that'd be a great thing to fix, so artists that don't know how to use Linux can give it a good test drive without being frustrated because adding programs doesn't seem to work.

[James (jimaffleck)]

Maybe even putting this in an FAQ would be a good way to go.

How do I install/run a new program?

Go to the terminal (i.e. click the little computer screen icon). Then enter the following text:
sudo apt-get update

[cellstorm (cellstorm)]

will be fixed in new release. Its easy to fix as well...
overall problem is that the liveCD does not include the apt-cache and
needs to get it through apt-get update once to have it all set up. As
including these cache would waste space, the quick solution is to add a
watcher to the wrapper script which installs the programs via the menu,
which makes shure that the apt-get update is run the first time you try
to install a program via the menu.

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On Mon, Sep 16, 2013, at 11:47 PM, James wrote:
> Maybe even putting this in an FAQ would be a good way to go.
>
> How do I install/run a new program?
>
> Go to the terminal (i.e. click the little computer screen icon). Then
> enter the following text:
> sudo apt-get update
>
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> Title:
> Installing new software from live media doesn't work
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> Bug description:
> For me it didn't work clicking on any software to install/try it out
> on the live media (usb stick) until I ran the command:
>
> sudo apt-get update
>
> Then I could install programs without problems. I figure updating the
> sources at some point my keep this from happening, I'm not sure if
> there's a way to to check with a shell script if apt-get install
> worked without errors or not, but if so that'd be a great thing to
> fix, so artists that don't know how to use Linux can give it a good
> test drive without being frustrated because adding programs doesn't
> seem to work.
>
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