Things to do after installing Kubuntu

Download the latest Debian package.

Install the package:

sudo dpkg -i ./google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb
sudo apt-get install -f

The first command attempts to install the .deb file. The second installs any required dependencies and completes installation of the package.

Download the latest .tar.bz2 package.

Decompress and move it to a suitable location:

cd ~/Downloads
tar -jxf firefox-23.0.tar.bz2
sudo mv firefox /opt/
sudo ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /bin/firefox

Now, firefox will be in your path. If you need to add a Shortcut to the KDE menu, do so, to the location /bin/firefox

Right click the KDE icon, and “Edit Applications”
Under the KDE menu editor>Internet>Firefox installer

Rename it to Mozilla Firefox
Change the path from:

muon-installer --application=firefox

to:

/bin/firefox

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:shutter/ppa
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install shutter

Rather than install with muon, this is preferred, as Muon ships with an outdated version of shutter.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rvm/smplayer
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install smplayer smtube smplayer-themes smplayer-skins

You can ignore a message regarding smplayer-skins.

Install Dropbox

Download and install the Debian package:

sudo dpkg -i dropbox_1.6.0_i386.deb
sudo apt-get install -f

Eg:

wget https://www.dropbox.com/download?dl=packages/ubuntu/dropbox_1.6.0_i386.deb

Install the GUI:

dropbox start -i

Install KDE services addons from Kde-look:.

KDE Service Menu:

Eg:

wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/kde-services/files/RPM/kde-services-1.8-5.fc18.noarch.rpm/download

sudo apt-get install alien

sudo alien kde-services-1.8-5.fc18.noarch.rpm

sudo dpkg -i kde-services_1.8-6_all.deb

Make wget use the correct filename from server:

Create/edit a file $HOME/.wgetrc, with the following content:

content_disposition = on

Alternately, you can invoke wget with the –content-disposition switch.