Ubuntu installation

no canta package in repos at the moment, wait for beta6 release (in a few days or today)

1. Add entres to apt sources list

Add the following lines from spiderbit's repos to your sources.list:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/stefan-canta-game/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/stefan-canta-game/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

Either in gnome: System->Administration->Software Sources->Third-Party Software->Add
or add it with a an editor to /etc/apt/sources.list

  • if you use karmic koala just replace jaunty with karmic in the 2 source lines

2. Add the public PPA key

quick way (CLI)

Just copy/paste the following into the terminal:
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 05F67543

easy way (GNOME)

  1. download spiderbit-key.txt with the public key included
  2. Open System->Administration->Software Sources and click the Authentication tab.
  3. Click Import Key File, select the key you saved earlier and you're done!

3. Install Canta

Just copy/paste the following:

sudo apt-get install canta

4. If you need further help

read the ubuntu doku

spiderbit-key.txt - public key for spiderbit's ppa (582 Bytes) Stefan Huchler, 03/06/2009 08:57 PM

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