Here are the steps I used to install needed applications and migrate data from my old laptop to the new one after the previous install of ubuntu feisty fawn on a D820.

Mozilla

Just copied the .mozilla directory from my old Dell Inspiron 8600. This includes all configuration, bookmarks, saved passwords and installed plugins (local installations). It does not apply to system wide plugins.

Skype

For skype I had to download the .deb from their site and install it with

apt-get install libqt3-mt<br></br>dpkp -i skype_debian-1.3.0.53-1_i386.deb

and copy the old .Skype directory from the old machine.

Evolution

Migrating the evolution data is a bit more complicated. You need to copy the .evolution, .gnome2_private/Evolution (where your passwords are stored) and .gconf/apps/evolution. One very important aspect is that gconf caches your settings so just copying might not show the results and you might have to restart gconf (or everything if it’s simpler for you) after copying the .gconf directory.

In order to enable spam filtering I installed spamassasin, enabled the spam assasin filter and the remote tests. I don’t know where spamassasin stores it’s learned data but I did not bothered for searching for it either so I will have to get used to a bit more spam for now in my inbox.

Mplayer

apt-get install mplayer<br></br>wget -c  http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/essential-20061022.tar.bz2<br></br>mkdir /usr/lib/win32<br></br>tar xvfj essential-20061022.tar.bz2<br></br>mv essential-20061022/* /usr/lib/win32

Java

I do a lot of java developing but as much as I would want to, gcj cannot be used for anything in production

apt-get remove gcj libgcj-common libgcj7-0

Instead of gcj I install sun java. I do not use the provided versions but I install by hand the java’s I use currently in /opt

sh jdk-1_5_0_11-linux-i586.bin<br></br>sh j2sdk-1_4_2_12-linux-i586.bin

I then create:

cat java-1.4 <br></br>export JAVA_HOME=/opt/j2sdk1.4.2_12/<br></br>export ANT_HOME=/opt/java/apache-ant-1.7.0/<br></br>export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$ANT_HOME/bin:$PATH

and

cat java-1.5<br></br>export JAVA_HOME=/opt/jdk1.5.0_11<br></br>export ANT_HOME=/opt/java/apache-ant-1.7.0/<br></br>export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$ANT_HOME/bin:$PATH

which I can “source” as needed to select the needed java for the task at hand.

French language spelling

Because I write a lot of french I need some french spelling.

apt-get install  language-support-fr

This installs dictionaries for openoffice and aspell used for evolution such I can spell check in french.

Compilation tools

apt-get install build-essential manpages-dev manpages-posix manpages-posix-dev

Comments:

Elgaali -

i couldn’t able to install the audio card inf and my audio doesn’t work
how can i install it in ubuntu help me pls
thanks

Len -

I am sorry, I have no ideea about you Acer. You should search on the ubuntu forums.