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09/12/2006 06:02:21 PM · #1
I'll tell you what...it's definately something new, but I can't say I'm having fun.

I was trying to install flash plug-in and I'm just lost. I try to install some ftp client and it just tells me

"Error: dependency not satisfiable: libqt3-mt | libqt-3c102-mt"

same type of message when trying to install skype for i386 debian linux...

I am pretty frustrated at this point.

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Now, when I try to get root access to some things, it won't even let me...like if I type 'sudo xterm' it just does nothing at all. If I type 'sudo gedit' nothing at all...before it would bring up the programs with root access.

I have no idea how I got my internet working and my router configured and so on...but I can definately say that it's looking like I'm too big of a computer wuss to handle linux.
09/12/2006 06:06:24 PM · #2
I don't know how to install that lib thing.. can you log in as root rather than a regular user and get root access to stuff that way?
09/12/2006 06:16:58 PM · #3
I have no idea man...I think I'm done thinking about it though. Here we go windows here we go...haha...see you all in about an hour.
09/12/2006 06:22:55 PM · #4
I'm taking a class on linux this semester. I have a copy on a different hard drive so I can still use windows most of the time, and just boot into linux when I need to do something for the class. It's pretty early in the class though, so I have no idea on installing stuff yet
09/12/2006 06:27:59 PM · #5
It might be too late, but you can do almost anything using xterm.
To become super user (from xterm):
use "su" command.

To use ftp, just run ftp .

Most of disro should have these commands I think.
09/12/2006 06:31:43 PM · #6
when doing sudo try
open a new xterm then
sudo bash
which should open it in the current terminal ...

my personal fav. ftp client is ncftp (text based but works like a great shell )

to get a real taste without giving up any windows stuff install cygwin & cygwin/x

i'm not a debian user (forced to use redhat variants due to 3rd party software) but have been a user since kernal 0.98 ...
never have tried skype on linux / flash is more a mater of puting the program in the right dir (or the link to it ..)

09/12/2006 07:08:36 PM · #7
If using debian, use:
sudo dpkg -i --force-depends nameofpackagehere.deb

or just this as root:
dpkg -i --force-depends nameofpackagehere.deb
09/12/2006 07:08:41 PM · #8
You're using Ubuntu aren't you?

If so, there are many GREAT packages already available for you to download and install. Just look under Add/Remove programs in the main programs menu.

Easy and lots of stuff to use.
09/12/2006 07:25:25 PM · #9
OK I'll try a few more things in a little while here. I really wanna get skype on there.

How is it that you find your firefox directory? I see the part where it tells me what files for flash to copy to that directory, but I have no clue where to find the directory...
09/12/2006 07:31:05 PM · #10
find anything ;) by

find / -name "*firefox*"

it will find everything that has firefox in it's name
09/12/2006 07:31:21 PM · #11
Instructions for Skype, Flash and just about everything else!...
Ubuntu Guide
09/12/2006 07:54:08 PM · #12
dave@dave-desktop:~$ find -name *firefox*
./.mozilla/firefox

OK So I take that to mean that I am currently in dave/dave-desktop

I need to go up one directory to dave, then down one directory to mozilla, then down another directory to firefox...but when I browse my files, I see nothing like that as my directories.

I'm going to get this at one point or another I swear.
09/12/2006 07:58:08 PM · #13
The guide tells me that this is how you install the plugin...

sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree
sudo update-flashplugin

I hit ALT+f2, type those lines exactly like that and nothing happens. Do I have to download something first? LOL I'm an idiot huh? Where do I download it to, I tried just downloading it to the desktop earlier.
09/12/2006 08:02:02 PM · #14
Originally posted by deapee:

dave@dave-desktop:~$ find -name *firefox*
./.mozilla/firefox

OK So I take that to mean that I am currently in dave/dave-desktop

I need to go up one directory to dave, then down one directory to mozilla, then down another directory to firefox...but when I browse my files, I see nothing like that as my directories.

I'm going to get this at one point or another I swear.


when you type
ls -la ./.mozilla
you should see the firefox dir

if you are not aware the "." infront of the name make the dirs/files hidden from the casual ls but ls -la (-la makes it long and all) shows all files you have hte privlige of seeing ..

09/12/2006 08:18:04 PM · #15
ok maybe I should buy a book...because I definately see the firefox when I type ls -la ./.mozilla...

but it doesn't do me any good because I have no idea what I'm looking at.

I don't understand how I would go about copying a file or anything. Is the only way to copy these files to their proper firefox directories through xterm? There is no way to copy these to their correct locations through the file browser?

Heck, I could do it with a blindfold on in Windows command prompt.
09/12/2006 08:31:57 PM · #16
I've been following your Linux escapades deapee.... And all I can say is, thanks for all the entertainment this evening! :-p

It sounds very similar to the first time I booted up Linux. I think the stages you go through are;

- Excitement
- Expectation
- Curiosity
- Confusion
- Frustration
- Windows
09/12/2006 08:35:51 PM · #17
heh...It's a trip I know that.

I'm getting there.

I just installed all the java run time files so I can play my yahoo games. I just can't get the flashplayer thing for the life of me...I need to find out how to browse to the firefox directory. If I spent more time browsing and less time reading about how to find it in that stupid xterm thing, I think I could be done by now to be honest.
09/12/2006 08:36:00 PM · #18
persistance wins the race
I pm'd you deapee
09/12/2006 09:12:21 PM · #19
2 more links.
These are both installer packages which will install a lot of the commonly wanted extras for you. Take yer pick ...
EasyUbuntu
Automatix
09/12/2006 09:36:26 PM · #20
oh man i need some codecs or something...no porn is working. any tips? I'm being serious, in case anyone wondered.
09/12/2006 10:36:24 PM · #21
oh and windows sucks right... hahahahahahah ;)
09/12/2006 10:42:45 PM · #22
Originally posted by deapee:

oh man i need some codecs or something...no porn is working. any tips? I'm being serious, in case anyone wondered.


Run the EasyUbuntu linked above.. it installs all the common codecs for you plus Flash.
09/12/2006 10:43:57 PM · #23
listen to fotomann... he knows all about that..

*hides*

-Dan
09/12/2006 11:08:23 PM · #24
ok I got flash installed...

basically I just had to run xterm, get root access, shell to Nautilus as root, then it allowed me to copy the files to the proper locations.

I downloaded and installed a bunch of codecs/decoders including the w32 ones...even downloaded and installed realplayer10...still no porn. This honestly isn't at the top of my priority list anyway...but it's in the to do list.
09/13/2006 09:47:41 PM · #25
mplayer is your friend.

Not sure where to get it for Ubuntu tho.
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