How to make your Ubuntu 9.10 an Ubuntu Electronics Remix

The project, Ubuntu Electronics Remix, received a huge response from the followers and because of a lot of downloads of the ISO, the monthly bandwidth was exhausted. They are trying to set up a torrent and mirrors to help their users. But in the meanwhile, if you are already using Ubuntu 9.10 you can make your own Ubuntu Electronics Remix. Let me show you how to do that.

Most of the applications used in the UER are already present in the Ubuntu Repos. But they have established their own ppa in Launchpad. All you have to do is add their ppa and then download the electronics applications.

So, either run this command

[shredder12]$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:uer-developers/uer-ppa

or add these 2 lines in your /etc/apt/sources.list file

[shredder12]$ sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/uer-developers/uer-ppa/ubuntu karmic main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/uer-developers/uer-ppa/ubuntu karmic main 

Now, run the update

[shredder12]$ sudo apt-get update

Now, install the electronics related packages. If you want to make your system look similar to this.

ie. the Electronics option in the menu. You can do this easily by adding a new menu named "Electronics" in the System -> Preferences -> Main Menu. Now, add the applications in the Electronics menu. And congrats linuxers, you have created your own Electronics Remix.