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Old 10-03-2010, 22:32   #15
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Re: Trouble with Ubuntu

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Originally Posted by xpod View Post
If it`s still the same then change the repository location by going ..System>Administration>Software Sources and changing the server location to another. It will ask you to reload the software as you close it.

EDIT:
It could also be your connection cutting out of course. How are you connecting out of curiosity?
Wired.

So i changed to Linux Mint, it seems to be the very similar to ubuntu, im getting the exact same problem with this

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Originally Posted by xpod View Post
If this is a fresh installation of Ubuntu then you need to install the ubuntu-restricted-extras package, not just for your flash player but also many of the other plugins & codecs your going to want along the way.
You can install all the plugins & codecs separately of course but the restricted extras gets most of the stuff your likely to need in one go.
You`ll find it either in Synaptic via your System>Admin menu or you can install it via the terminal if you`re comfy enough with it.

Code:
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
EDIT: And for future reference...
http://www.ubuntupocketguide.com/index_main.html
tried that and i got this -

frankie@frankie-desktop ~ $ sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
[sudo] password for frankie:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
libmp4v2-0 ttf-mscorefonts-installer
The following NEW packages will be installed
libmp4v2-0 ttf-mscorefonts-installer ubuntu-restricted-extras
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 101 not upgraded.
E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the download directory[COLOR="Silver"]
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