There is many ways to install programs on Ubuntu, the easiest way is using repositories. But not all the repositories come with the original Ubuntu install.

Installing new repositories is easy, and it give us access to new programs. It will be usefull for all Ubuntu versions.

Open a terminal, don’t panic, it’s in ‘Applications’>’Accessories’>’Terminal’.

Then select and copy this piece of text. If you press the right button on your mouse it will appear a useful menu. And to select you must hold down the left button.

sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/$(lsb_release -cs).list \
 --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list &&
sudo apt-get -q update &&
sudo apt-get --yes -q --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring &&
sudo apt-get -q update

Now go to the terminal we just opened and click on ‘Edit’>’Paste’.

The previous text just apeared and now it’s time to press Enter and put the password.

Now we have the medibuntu repository installed and this give us access to this software:

• Google earth
• realplayer
• skype
• amarok
• acrobat reader

Easy.

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