peppermint 3 on a Desktop with vista [solved]

[Eddie]

Hi guys,
Thanks for your previous help but sad now to say i,m stuck again.I decided not to totally trash vista in favor of Peppermint 3 but wanted to duel boot, Well use them both and switch as required as i,ve allot of programs I use these were not cheap to purchase. Saying that I made an ISO and set it away installing as duel boot on my C:/drive. I,d built the computer myself many moons ago, adding memory hard disks and the like until I had a decent enough system. 1.5TB H/Drive, 4 gig memory enough for me, DVD writer etc etc(which is probably out of date now).?
I noticed whilst installing the OS, it would not pull in Thunderbird or Skype. Terminal telling me, it could not find the package?
So i can,t redirect my mail or chat to mum in Holland, just using Peppermint OS. I find I must come out and restart my computer then go back into vista to use Skype and the email in vista when needing to talk to family. Please help, mums old and I need to keep in touch, she,s 87.

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

Make SURE you have an active internet connection in Peppermint, then ..

Go to menu>System Tools>Synaptic Package Manager

In Synaptic go to Settings>Repositories

On the "Peppermint Software" tab:-

Make sure ALL 4 boxes are ticked.

On the "Other Software" tab:-

Make sure ALL boxes are ticked EXCEPT -

cdrom:[Peppermint 3_Three_ - Release i386 (20120423)]/ precise

(In particular you need to make 100% sure the "Partner" repositories are ticked)

Click Close

Close Synaptic. <-- this is important

Open a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run:

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sudo apt-get update

then

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sudo apt-get install skype thunderbird

You should now find Skype and Thunderbird in the menus at:- menu>Internet

[Eddie]

Hi Mark,
 the answer to that question, is No. Briefly I,ve done all you asked, (and nowt) it tells me:- "Skype package not found", I look to see if Thunderbird is there and it,s not. Mark for some reason in synaptic manager--other software it shows most boxes already ticked even CD-whatever package I Un-tick it but its always there,in effect they are all ticked and I know the top one(CD ****** Package) should be Un-ticked.? Finally another thing i,ve noticed is ,When Typing in peppermint the " is a @ and vice versa on the keyboard as I type it in once booted into peppermint 3.
Any Idea,s?
 regards
Eddie

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

OK, can you send the output from this command:

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cat /etc/apt/sources.list; for X in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*; do echo; echo; echo "** $X:"; echo; cat $X; done

(be aware the output will be quite long)

I'm guessing during the install you've selected the US keyboard layout .. and possibly the US update servers.

For the keyboard, go to -

menu>Preferences>Keyboard Layout

In the Left column select "United Kingdom"

In the right column select "English (UK)"

Click the "Apply" button.

Does the " and @ now work properly ?

[Eddie]

Yes Mark,  all o.k. typing.
Any Idea,s with the other probs?

[Eddie]

Mark and also:-


peppermint@peppermint ~ $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list; for X in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*; do echo; echo; echo "** $X:"; echo; cat $X; done
# /etc/apt/sources.list

deb cdrom:[Peppermint 3 _Three_ - Release i386 (20120423)]/ precise main multiverse restricted universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates main restricted universe multiverse



** /etc/apt/sources.list.d/peppermint.list:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kendalltweaver/peppermint/ubuntu precise main
#deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/kendalltweaver/peppermint/ubuntu precise main
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/stable/ubuntu precise main
#deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/stable/ubuntu precise main
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ferramroberto/precise/ubuntu precise main
#deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ferramroberto/precise/ubuntu precise main
peppermint@peppermint ~ $

 

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

Is that it?

run:

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gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

and post the ENTIRE contents

[Eddie]

Here we go,

# /etc/apt/sources.list

deb cdrom:[Peppermint 3 _Three_ - Release i386 (20120423)]/ precise main multiverse restricted universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates main restricted universe multiverse


What does it mean Mark?

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

It means -

a) you're using the wrong update server

and

b) you're sources.list file is somehow missing a load of stuff

Gimme 10 mins and I'll post instructions .. need a nicotine and caffeine fix.

[Eddie]

  Thanks Mark, much appreciated.
Eddie.

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

OK, go to -

menu>Preferences>Software Sources

On the "Peppermint Software" tab .. what is set as

Download from:

?

and what appears if you click the little arrow at the edn of that line ?

[Eddie]

Mark it say,s--Main Server, then clicking the down arrow right at the end in the same box; it shows OTHER.

ie [ Main Server]
click end--[OTHER]

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

OK, first let's backup the sources.list to your home folder:

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cp -v /etc/apt/sources.list ~/sources.list.backup

Now open sources.list for editing:

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sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

and make it read:-

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# deb cdrom:[Peppermint 3 _Three_ - Release i386 (20120423)]/ precise main multiverse restricted universe

# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise main restricted
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates main restricted
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise universe
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise universe
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates universe
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu 
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to 
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in 
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise multiverse
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise multiverse
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates multiverse
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates multiverse

## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security main restricted
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security main restricted
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security universe
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security universe
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security multiverse
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise partner

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Ubuntu's
## 'extras' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
## developers who want to ship their latest software.
deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main
deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main

SAVE the file, and close gedit.

Now go back to -

menu>Preferences>Software Sources

Does it now say:-

Download from: Server for United Kingdom

if so, close that window, and back in a terminal run:

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sudo apt-get update

then if that runs without error, run:

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sudo apt-get install --reinstall thunderbird skype

are Thunderbird and Skype now in menu>Internet ?

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[Eddie]

Mark where,s the Home folder?Sorry its my age.

[Mark Greaves (PCNetSpec)]

It's where File manager opens .. but you don't need to know that .. the first command will backup the sources.list to there anyway.