Hi,
I now have BaseXGui running fine on my Ubuntu 11.04 installation. I'm sending this to the mailing list so future potential users can see that it's quick and easy to install in Linux. The BaseX web site mentions that the system is in the Ubuntu 11.10 repositories, but I wasn't finding it in my 11.04 system. All that I had to do was to add the Debian repository to my list of repositories in Synaptic Package Manager,
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The Debian repository entry in Synaptic is: "deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian sid main" (without the quote marks). You should use the appropriate URL for the Debian mirror site in your part of the world. Click on the Debian link at the BaseX.org downloads page, then click "all", and you'll see the available mirrors.
Uh, unless I am really mistaken, it is a really bad idea to add a debian repository to an Ubuntu installation. The two distributions are not binary compatible. It often works to copy single, non-core packages - but adding the whole repo, with all the important libraries and the kernel etc., that sounds like system breakage to me. I'd rather say people should download the .deb file from Ubuntu 11.10, or from Debian, and install it manually. That prevents other packages from getting installed.
Kind regards, Ralf