Installing Ubuntu Tweak

17/02/2009

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Ubuntu Tweak is an excellent tool for a fast, efficient and easy system setup experience. Ubuntu tweak will allow you to install and enable all the features that you want in Ubuntu. If you’ve already read the “Things to do Post Ubuntu Installation” then you will be aware of the many recommended customisations and settings that should be employed if you wish to get the most out of Ubuntu 8.1. The software can be downloaded using the following instructions…

Open your terminal, first import the key:

sudo apt-key adv –recv-keys –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com FE85409EEAB40ECCB65740816AF0E1940624A220

Type the command to run gedit(or other editor in your opinion) to modify the sources.list:

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Add the following two lines t the source:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ubuntu intrepid main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ubuntu intrepid main

Then update the source and install or upgrade Ubuntu Tweak:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tweak

I the software is already installed, just type:

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade