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kubuntu - install mc and acrobat reader

How will I install mc and acroread under kubuntu 6.10?
Can't find it in add/remove. apt-get install mc # fails as well

ravenpl

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And You can add kdevelop to the list...

JohnK813

Disclaimer:I've never used any of the Ubuntu flavors.

Have you tried downloading the source and compiling/installing it? Would you need any help doing that?

http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/utils/file/managers/mc/
http://www.adobe.com/ Find the download section, and I believe the website will try to automatically detect which version you need. I believe that this is actually an executable installer that's very similar to the Windows installer.
http://www.kdevelop.org/ Click "Current Stable Version."

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ravenpl

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Excelent - I wonder why it's not there by default?
However adding multiuniverse repo results in Ignore or Not Found during 'apt-get update'? What could I do wrong?
deb http://pl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy multiuniverse
deb-src http://pl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy multiuniverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu edgy-security multiuniverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu edgy-security multiuniverse

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not sure, you can try some other repositories just to see if that is cause the same problem.
example:

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy multiuniverse