Howto install gOS on Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu
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Open your sources.list file add the gOS Repositories
For Ubuntu Users
gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
For Kubuntu Users
kdesu kate /etc/apt/sources.list
For Xubuntu Users
gksu mousepad /etc/apt/sources.list
Enter these lines
# gOS Repositories
deb http://packages.thinkgos.com/gos/ painful main
deb-src http://packages.thinkgos.com/gos/ painful main
Import the key
wget http://www.thinkgos.com/files/gos_repo_key.asc
sudo apt-key add gos_repo_key.asc
rm gos_repo_key.asc
sudo aptitude update
Install gOS on Ubuntu
sudo aptitude install greenos-desktop xorg
Remove gOS on Ubuntu
The following will then remove the entire Environment for you.
sudo aptitude remove greenos-desktop
The Environment will be available from the Sessions menu
Hi, I have amd64 Gutsy. The repos does not seem to have greenos-desktop for 64-bit OS!!
This only works with 32 bit because gOS is not available in 64 bit.
Hi guys,
Thanks a lot for such a wonderful website for newbees like me. I learned her many wonderful things about how powerful xubuntu is. I installed the gOS, as you described, everything worked like charme, but the problem is that i do not know, how to configure is my laptop keyboard (danish, i cannot type “@”, for example, i had to copied from a website). Another little problem is that menu does not like the original menu from gOS.(flashy, with online apllications and stuff). Anyway thanks
e17 has lower memory requirements?! I’d love to see that substantiated.
e17 certainly has lower memory requirements than KDE (EVERYTHING has lower mem requirements than KDE, though i love and use KDE daily). Whether or not it has lower memory requirements than Gnome’s default WM, who can say. When Enlightenment started development (i think i first tried it in 1999 or 2000), it was only targeting machines with fairly high-end graphics cards.
I am pretty certain that gOS uses GNOME now anyway.
http://dev.thinkgos.com/blog/whats-the-dock
I’m retired so I have the time to check things out. gOS is great. I have it installed on an old desktop in my garage, it picked up wireless (Belkin card) right away which was unexpected.
Streaming radio is a problem WSM nashville my favorite cannot be played no matter how I try
(I like to listen while I tinker with my car (1983 Porsche 928s).
Ubuntu-restricted-extras which used to set me up appears not to be available to gOS.
(I don’t have this problem with Ubuntu 7.10 or the 8.04 upgrade) Is there a solution
Regards
Jack
Real newbie here. I copied the 1st line for Ubuntu into sources.list. Also does this line,gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list, go as the very last entry in the list.
I cannot import the keys either when i click on software sources and the authenication tab.
Jay: No –
1)
gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.listis meant to be used in a terminal to open the sources.list file.
A terminal can usually be found in the accessories or system tools application menus, or by typing ‘+’ and then ‘gnome-terminal’ (ubuntu/xubuntu) or ‘konsole’ (kde).
2) After that, you then add:
# gOS Repositoriesdeb http://packages.thinkgos.com/gos/ painful main
deb-src http://packages.thinkgos.com/gos/ painful main
into the file, save, and close.
3) Then, in the terminal again, you type
wget http://www.thinkgos.com/files/gos_repo_key.ascsudo apt-key add gos_repo_key.asc
rm gos_repo_key.asc
sudo aptitude update
hitting enter (or return) after each line, and waiting for the prompt to return before putting in the next line.
4) Then, finally, you type (in the terminal)
sudo aptitude install greenos-desktop xorgto install gOS.
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As a note, it’s more typical to use ‘apt-get’ instead of ‘aptitude’, since apt-get is used in all distros, but, eg, adept is used in place of aptitude in kubuntu.
will this work for powerpc versions of these distros? I have xubuntu installed on a ps3 and was wondering if i could install the gOS environment? thanks
when I do sudo apt-key add gos_repo_key.asc it says: gdm: can’t open ‘gos_repo_key.asc’ no such file or directory. what should I do?
gOS have removed the ‘http://www.thinkgos.com/files/gos_repo_key.asc’ file – this prevents anyone from installing (or in my case removing) it :o(
When I run sudo apt-key add gos_repo_key.asc I get this error: gdm: no valid OpenPGP data found. I am running Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10. Does anyone know how to fix this?
Do I need to install Ubuntu fist before I install gOS? Or can I install gOS by itself?
Billy Waters says:
November 29, 2010 at 8:47 pm
Do I need to install Ubuntu fist before I install gOS? Or can I install gOS by itself?
Nope, ubuntu is not required, but I would recommend you do get ubuntu and add gOS that way as then you are up to date.
I am getting this message:
jase@natasha-laptop:~$ wget http://www.thinkgos.com/files/gos_repo_key.asc
–2011-10-16 18:17:13– http://www.thinkgos.com/files/gos_repo_key.asc
Resolving http://www.thinkgos.com... 69.163.255.46
Connecting to http://www.thinkgos.com|69.163.255.46|:80… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 404 Not Found
2011-10-16 18:17:14 ERROR 404: Not Found.
Can someone say in more detail of the sources.list part and how exactly I should be doing it.