Hi Andrew, Most repositories are Ubuntu - if you have a 3rd Party app that is not maintained in the repos - it will come back as a 'Failed to get' when you run the update command in a terminal:
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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
If the project on sourceforge has a list of Files, try and find a '.deb' file - if they are .tar files - extract and recompress using the archive manager to .tar.gz.
Next download 'alien' via a terminal:
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sudo apt-get install alien
After install, run system update in terminal then stay in terminal and navigate to where you created the .tar.gz archive you created by using the 'cd' (change directory) e.g., if in Downloads:
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cd Downloads
then
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sudo alien [name of file].tar.gz
this will create a .deb file.
Next go to your Downloads folder in Nautilus (=Explorer) and righ-click and open with 'gdebi'
If not installed, from the bash line (Terminal window):
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sudo apt-get install gdebi
Hope this helps!
