Andre Mangan wrote: > > > 2009/10/26 Stephen <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > Hi Paul > Thanks - > Tried entering the code you listed - got this reply : > > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > E: Couldn't find package picasa > > re Software Sources - no - i don't have Goodle Deb listed - what do it > write in Software Sources - Other software ? > On my system i have this in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list: deb http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ stable non-free deb http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ testing non-free > ... > Below is the direct URL to get Picasa for Ubuntu > ... > No need to change your sources list unless you want automatic updates. Which you do, of course. Unless you have a VERY good reason, there should never be a time where you don't want automatic updates on all of your software. Security vulnerabilities pop up with alarming regularity, in the most innocuous of packages.
And you rarely should need to change sources.list itself - you're much better off putting them in individual files in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ for each different repository you use. Paul
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