Installing Campcaster from the Repositories CD

This document is intended for users new to both Linux and to Campcaster. Those who are more experienced with Linux can see this page for installation instructions.

About the Campcaster Repositories CD

The Campcaster repositories CD is meant for situations where connectivity is poor or nonexistent. It includes the installation packages for all of the Campcaster components, as well as the packages of the other programs and files Campcaster depends on in order to run.

To use the Campcaster repositories CD, you must first have Ubuntu Linux 6.06 ("Dapper") or newer already installed on your computer.

The easiest way to work with the Campcaster repositories CD is to use the Synaptic Package Manager, which is located in the System Menu -> Administration -> Synaptic.

Adding the Campcaster Repositories CD to the list of software sources

Synaptic is a program that shows all the programs and libraries that are either available or already installed. But you must update the list of available sources of software. Usually these are online, but they can also be offline, usually in the form of CDs or DVDs.

Add Campcaster to the list of available sources by selecting:

Settings -> Repositories

then click: Add CD-ROM

You will be prompted to "insert a disk in the drive"; do so, if the CD is not in the drive already, and then click on OK.

In the window which says "Unmounting CD-ROM", click on Close.

If it prompts you to enter a name for the CD, do so; for example, you could call it "Campcaster".

After this, the CD will be read and added to the list of sources.

If bandwidth is low, uncheck all other sources in the list, to make sure that the packages will be installed from the CD, and not from the Internet.

Update the whole list of programs by pressing the "Refresh" button in the upper left of the Synaptic window.

Installing Campcaster

To install Campcaster, first click the "Search" button at the upper right of the Synaptic screen. Then type in

campcaster

and press 'search'. It will then find the Campcaster packages.

Mark the campcaster-studio package by right clicking on it and selecting 'Mark for Installation.'

Click the 'Apply' button at the top of the Synaptic window.

A menu will appear asking you to confirm the installation. Click 'Apply.'

Congratulations! Campcaster has been installed!

To start Campcaster-Studio, go to the Applications menu at the top of the screen, select Sound and Video -> Campcaster-Studio.