Recommendations please?

shimonbenyaakov · 03-02-2010, 06:58 AM

The posts go way up the page to where I can no longer see them, so I never see them when you guys edit or whatever it is. Sorry. Not much of a texter.

Aquarius_Girl · 03-02-2010, 06:59 AM

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The posts go way up the page to where I can no longer see them, so I never see them when you guys edit or whatever it is. Sorry. Not much of a texter.

U are at loss here!

Thats one of the reasons it is said do not post different questions in one thread .

shimonbenyaakov · 03-02-2010, 07:00 AM

anishakaul: Yes the download was complete. Should I try to download it again and do something different?

Aquarius_Girl · 03-02-2010, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by shimonbenyaakov

anishakaul: Yes the download was complete. Should I try to download it again and do something different?

You can't do anything different here,
Try downloading it again !

shimonbenyaakov · 03-02-2010, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by anishakaul

U are at loss here!

Thats one of the reasons it is said do not post different questions in one thread .

I understand.

JimBrewster · 03-02-2010, 07:07 AM

Once there's enough posts a new page is generated. Go to the top or bottom to navigate pages. This thread stands at 5 pages!

shimonbenyaakov · 03-02-2010, 07:07 AM

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Originally Posted by anishakaul

You can't do anything different here,
Try downloading it again !

OK. I redownloaded and overwrote the first one. Now what do I do?

Aquarius_Girl · 03-02-2010, 07:08 AM

shimonbenyaakov

Thats good if you have understood the problem !

Which version OF Ubuntu are you using ?

shimonbenyaakov · 03-02-2010, 07:10 AM

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Originally Posted by anishakaul

shimonbenyaakov

Thats good if you have understood the problem !

Which version OF Ubuntu are you using ?

I have no idea how to tell. andLInux is the name of it.

Aquarius_Girl · 03-02-2010, 07:12 AM

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Originally Posted by shimonbenyaakov

OK. I redownloaded and overwrote the first one. Now what do I do?

Oh you have got lots of patience !!

Now type the following and press <tab> from your keyboard and see if shell completes it ?

tar -xf fire

Does it again say the same thing when u issue the command ?

shimonbenyaakov · 03-02-2010, 07:15 AM

Is there a command I can enter that will tell me what version I am using?

shimonbenyaakov · 03-02-2010, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by anishakaul

Oh you have got lots of patience !!

Now type the following and press <tab> from your keyboard and see if shell completes it ?

tar -xf fire

Does it again say the same thing when u issue the command ?

shimonbenyaakov@andLinux:~$ tar -xf fire
tar: fire: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
shimonbenyaakov@andLinux:~$

Aquarius_Girl · 03-02-2010, 07:18 AM

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shimonbenyaakov@andLinux:~$ tar -xf fire
tar: fire: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
shimonbenyaakov@andLinux:~$

You didn't understand what I said !!!!!!!!!!!!

I just told you to type this tar -xf fire , then press TAB if the whole name comes to the prompt automatically, the press enter !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

shimonbenyaakov · 03-02-2010, 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by shimonbenyaakov

shimonbenyaakov@andLinux:~$ tar -xf fire
tar: fire: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
shimonbenyaakov@andLinux:~$

shimonbenyaakov@andLinux:~$ tar -xf firefox-3.6.tar.bz2

I pressed ENTER instead of TAB. This is what I got with TAB. Sorry about that.

Aquarius_Girl · 03-02-2010, 07:21 AM

For knowing the version of Linux distribution:

Code:

uname -a && cat /etc/*release

OR

Code:

cat /etc/issue