How to add the Universe & Multiverse repositories graphically

By Eli, on January 17th, 2010

Here’s how to add the universe and multiverse repositories.

Open Software Sources. System > Administration > Software Sources
Check the boxes for Community-maintained Open Source software (universe) & Software restricted by copyright or legal issues (multiverse)
Click Close. Another box should pop up asking if you want to reload, click Reload.
If you clicked Close, and a window didn’t [...]

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What is the sudo command?

By Eli, on December 5th, 2009

So, you’re reading an Ubuntu how to for something, and you come across the sudo command. What in the world is it, and why do you need it? The sudo command is used to allow a regular user to execute a command that requires root privileges.

In addition to the user name you provided at installation, [...]

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