Saturday, November 11, 2006
How to install beryl 3D desktop on Ubuntu Edgy 64 bit
To install the popular 3D desktop manager beryl on a 64 bit ubuntu installation can be somewhat annoying if you are a newbie to ubuntu like myself. There are a bunch of sites that tell you how to install berryl package etc. and they are all very good. I followed them and kept getting this error:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package bery1
Did you get that too?
Well don't give up hope just yet. Chances are you did the same stupid thing I did. Here's the crux of the problem.
When I added the source repository to /etc/apt/sources.list, I copy/pasted the following:
deb http://ubuntu.beryl-project.org/ edgy main-edgy
THAT's NOT CORRECT!
For a 64 bit processor what you need is this:
deb http://ubuntu.beryl-project.org/ edgy main-edgy main-edgy-amd64
If you add that and update the package list, you should then be able to install beryl along with its dependencies. Here's an article which describes it better:
http://wiki.beryl-project.org/index.php/Install/Ubuntu/Edgy/XGL
And BTW, it's all worth it. Ubuntu with beryl ROCKS!!!
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package bery1
Did you get that too?
Well don't give up hope just yet. Chances are you did the same stupid thing I did. Here's the crux of the problem.
When I added the source repository to /etc/apt/sources.list, I copy/pasted the following:
deb http://ubuntu.beryl-project.org/ edgy main-edgy
THAT's NOT CORRECT!
For a 64 bit processor what you need is this:
deb http://ubuntu.beryl-project.org/ edgy main-edgy main-edgy-amd64
If you add that and update the package list, you should then be able to install beryl along with its dependencies. Here's an article which describes it better:
http://wiki.beryl-project.org/index.php/Install/Ubuntu/Edgy/XGL
And BTW, it's all worth it. Ubuntu with beryl ROCKS!!!
