I was very short in my answer for a reason. As much as we can all
point you at how to activate backports, there are appropriate places
to ask things like this such as launchpad answers, the forums, mailing
list, or irc.
This isn't meant to come across as pompous, but rather to avoid
putting bug spam not relevant to developers and users watching this bug.
--
Mario Limonciello
<email address hidden>
Sent from my iPod Touch
On Nov 27, 2007, at 16:48, Raster <email address hidden> wrote:
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> Yeuclid escribió:
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> Hi:
>
>> When will you "gurus" accept that some of us, although quite
>> intelligent, may not have the brain power of the universe at our
>> fingertips, as you lot seem to think you have.
>
> Ok, let's do it "the easy way":
>
> Go to "System->Administration->Software Sources" (I'm using ubuntu in
> spanish, so is possible that the names aren't exactly that. Here you
> will have to try). It will ask you the password, because is an
> administration tool.
>
> Now, in that new tool, go to the tab "Third party software", check the
> option "Unsupported updates (gutsy-backports)" and close the window
> with
> the "Close" button (don't use the X in the window bar). It will ask
> you
> to reload the packages list: do it.
>
> Now go to "System->Administration->Synaptic" and install the
> Mplayer/Mencoder packages.
>
> When you have finished, you can uncheck the "Unsupported updates
> (gusty-backports)" option to avoid the update manager to replace other
> packages. Or you can leave it and have your system with the really
> last
> versions of the packages (remember that in Backports are always newer
> versions than in the official distribution, but they aren't officially
> supported.
>
> - --
> Nos leemos
> RASTER (Linux user #228804)
> <email address hidden> http://www.rastersoft.com
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> Distorted MP3 sound
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/85751
> You received this bug notification because you are a bug assignee.
I was very short in my answer for a reason. As much as we can all
point you at how to activate backports, there are appropriate places
to ask things like this such as launchpad answers, the forums, mailing
list, or irc.
This isn't meant to come across as pompous, but rather to avoid
putting bug spam not relevant to developers and users watching this bug.
--
Mario Limonciello
<email address hidden>
Sent from my iPod Touch
On Nov 27, 2007, at 16:48, Raster <email address hidden> wrote:
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> Yeuclid escribió:
>
> Hi:
>
>> When will you "gurus" accept that some of us, although quite
>> intelligent, may not have the brain power of the universe at our
>> fingertips, as you lot seem to think you have.
>
> Ok, let's do it "the easy way":
>
> Go to "System-
> spanish, so is possible that the names aren't exactly that. Here you
> will have to try). It will ask you the password, because is an
> administration tool.
>
> Now, in that new tool, go to the tab "Third party software", check the
> option "Unsupported updates (gutsy-backports)" and close the window
> with
> the "Close" button (don't use the X in the window bar). It will ask
> you
> to reload the packages list: do it.
>
> Now go to "System-
> Mplayer/Mencoder packages.
>
> When you have finished, you can uncheck the "Unsupported updates
> (gusty-backports)" option to avoid the update manager to replace other
> packages. Or you can leave it and have your system with the really
> last
> versions of the packages (remember that in Backports are always newer
> versions than in the official distribution, but they aren't officially
> supported.
>
> - --
> Nos leemos
> RASTER (Linux user #228804)
> <email address hidden> http://
>
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