Written by Prominence the 14 Jan 09 at 22:45.

Ok, I realised that you could add Software sources and that'll support updates and add the place's software to the package manager, well, my idea is to get a button a website that is an Ubuntu supporter and has software for the OS.

So to add their stuff to the package manager and get them as a software resource, you click the button, and it'll add it to the Software Sources (maybe with the password entry for safety) and then it'll reload, and check for updates and whatnot.

It'll be simple, click the button, enter the password, that's it, and then you could go into Add/Remove or the Synaptic Package manager and get the software. Easy.

It'll be a complete new innovation, and also advertise Ubuntu.

Additional thought: Maybe once the software source is added, there could be a option to view the software that is available from the source.

Also will get rid of command lines, and some not-so-user friendly stuff. Also might want to look into a more Visual, Straight Forward Source manager.

Ok, I realised that you could add Software sources and that'll support updates and add the place's software to the package manager, well, my idea is to get a button a website that is an Ubuntu supporter and has software for the OS. So to add their stuff to the package manager and get them as a software resource, you click the button, and it'll add it to the Software Sources (maybe with the password entry for safety) and then it'll reload, and check for updates and whatnot. It'll be simple, click the button, enter the password, that's it, and then you could go into Add/Remove or the Synaptic Package manager and get the software. Easy. It'll be a complete new innovation, and also advertise Ubuntu. Additional thought: Maybe once the software source is added, there could be a option to view the software that is available from the source. Also will get rid of command lines, and some not-so-user friendly stuff. Also might want to look into a more Visual, Straight Forward Source manager.

Written by tgm4883 the 15 Jan 09 at 01:51.

Using Apturl, one could package their repo location in a file that would be placed at /etc/apt/sources.list.d/repo-name.list

This would make adding repos/PPA's easier as it would be a single click from a website, would require sudo priviledges, and would make the newly added repo removable via apt-get, synaptic, etc. This will automaticaly import the keys nessecery.

Using Apturl, one could package their repo location in a file that would be placed at /etc/apt/sources.list.d/repo-name.list This would make adding repos/PPA's easier as it would be a single click from a website, would require sudo priviledges, and would make the newly added repo removable via apt-get, synaptic, etc. This will automaticaly import the keys nessecery.

Written by Warbo the 15 Jan 09 at 07:55.

Packages can be linked to which add APT sources (determined automatically by the package's install scripts), GPG keys, etc. These will open with GDebi by default, whilst people without a browser/download client with apturl support can still access them and open with GDebi.

Fewer redundant protocols/implementations, more use of packages ;)

Packages can be linked to which add APT sources (determined automatically by the package's install scripts), GPG keys, etc. These will open with GDebi by default, whilst people without a browser/download client with apturl support can still access them and open with GDebi. Fewer redundant protocols/implementations, more use of packages ;)

Written by blackout2day the 2 Feb 09 at 00:19.

I think you should implement something similar to Fedora or openSuse, when you want to add a repository the system automatically import the keys.

I think you should implement something similar to Fedora or openSuse, when you want to add a repository the system automatically import the keys.