Ubuntu Edgy and Slim part deux et demi

So, SlimServer is supposed to work on Ubuntu, and it does!   Problem is, Slim’s own install instructions are a bit short.  So here are mine:

* In Synaptic, make sure you have Universe, Main and Multiverse checked (tab Categories, then Repositories)

* Then add the Slim repositories in the tab Third Parties.  I chose  Testing:

deb http://debian.slimdevices.com testing main

The whole list of Slim repositories is available here.

Then you can simply search for Slim in the Synaptic search field and install slim with all its dependencies and it will work.  At least it did for me.

A few words:

* Yes, you can also do it from the Terminal.  I did it once and it took me a while to get it right (I was a complete Ubuntu n00b then, it was a great way to learn about repositories), but I just think Synaptic works fine.

* If you use WMA as your encoding format (like yours truly), then you are not completely in the clear yet and need to follow these instructions.  Good luck, this is clearly not as straightforward as the Slim install.  For some reason, SoftSqueeze won’t work with this hack, but the audio comes out fine on an SB3.  I still need to tune FFMPEG precisely, but Dan’s instructions do get the job done.  Let me know if it helps!