Automatix2

I have just found Automatix2. It is basically an auto-installer for all those pesky programs that don't come with a simple apt-get install. It has a graphical interface not unlike Synaptic, but needs some terminal work to get it installed.

echo "deb http://www.getautomatix.com/apt feisty main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list

Then we need to add the key:

wget http://www.getautomatix.com/keys/automatix2.key
gpg --import automatix2.key
gpg --export --armor E23C5FC3 | sudo apt-key add -

Then all you need to do is update the packages db and install it.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install automatix2

It appears under:
Applications -> System Tools -> Automatix

It helpfully installs things like:

• Google Earth
• Skype
• Picassa
• RealPlayer
• Fonts
• Opera
• JRE
• Multimedia codecs

and the latest versions of many others.