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You need the official repositories to install new software?

• 14113 13y ago
  No, you can download a .deb file from somewhere else and install it manually, or even just a .tar.gz with the binaries, or (if the software is open source) even get the source! Alternatively, as I posted above, there are a load of mirrors (over 400 iirc) of the ubuntu software repository.
  • dkuntz2 13y ago
    That's what I was getting at...
    • 14113 13y ago
      Ah, my mistake, hard to judge tone on the internet, etc, etc...
• colanderman 13y ago
  Dunno about Ubuntu, but Debian has dozens of "unofficial" mirrors, not to mention their main package server balances amongst a bunch of servers.