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| Thread ID: 144345 | 2017-09-20 05:17:00 | Sudo apt-get install problems | SurferJoe46 (51) | Press F1 |
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| 1439418 | 2017-09-20 05:17:00 | Happy Wednesday, late afternoon to youse guys! It's raining like all 60 here in Hamilton, Montana . I'm toasty warm from the wood stove running, and I'm sitting here in my warm fluffy bathrobe, thinkin' of youse all - and wishing a bunch of youse wuz here, enjoying the fishing and the outdoors . It's also 40ºF degrees here (No . . . I still don't DO sillymeters!) Winter's a-coming! I've been cutting wood and splitting it into nice 18 inch chunks for the stove - and although I'm 71 now, and have a new right knee - I'm still enjoying the labor of it all . I sleep the sleep of the dead until first light and then I get up and at 'em again . Busy - that's the way to live to a ripened age - or it'll kill you . Either case - huh? This really is a technical question ---- wait for it! And --- yeah --- I'm still futzing with my old 'puters that are running just fine - with an exception . Running a (probably an old) version of Linux, and I don't know how to point the terminal to the desktop to install a driver . Oh yeah - I had a really bad time with my forgotten password - but I got into the root/recovery section and just left the new password blank . That's the best thing to do for when or if I get senile . Anyway - I successfully changed the password - how I forgot a password - I dunnow! ANYWHO ----> :banana I downloaded the driver for my Alpha wireless USB AWUS036H device, and somehow the (dumb - stupid - ignorant - idiotic) instructions to install the apt thinks that I can get it downloaded from the internet onto the same computer that needs a driver to make the wireless unit work! That's nuts! OK - so what I did was use another 'puter to download the driver(s) and I stuck the compressed files unto the Ubuntu desktop - so far, so good - right? Then I EXTRACTED that same file and it is happily sitting right next to the . tar . gz file on the DESKTOP . OK --- here's where it gets crazy* --- I need to somehow get the TERMINAL to SEE that extracted driver that's been extracted to the desktop . * substitute "here's where I gets crazy" The following command (I believe) needs the driver to be in the DOWNLOAD section of the file system - 'cause I can see the word: "Downloads" in the command line! sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-'uname -r' cd Downloads/rt18187L_linux_1041 . 0202 . 2012 make sudo make install Just what substitution can I use to point the installation process to the DESKTOP - where the extracted file now resides? I tried a few variations: cd Desktop/rt18187L_linux_1041 . 0202 . 2012 (this didn't work) cd Desktp/rt18187L_linux_1041 . 0202 . 2012 (didn't work either) cd Desktops/rt18187L_linux_1041 . 0202 . 2012 (nope too!) cd Desks/rt18187L_linux_1041 . 0202 . 2012 (whatcha think?) /rt18187L_linux_1041 . 0202 . 2012 (don't be silly - this was bad too) |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1439419 | 2017-09-20 06:17:00 | Ok, it's a bit long to see what you wanted but here you go, in terminal type: cd ~/Desktop/rt[tab][enter] where [tab] and [enter] are the keys you press. you should now be in the directory, from there you should do: ./configure then: make then: sudo make install the problem that could arise is you are missing the build-essentials and the linux-headers so it won't build. |
Kame (312) | ||
| 1439420 | 2017-09-20 06:23:00 | Which flavour of Linux is it Joe? With some you can open the directory (rt18187L_linux_1041.0202.2012) then right click in its window and select 'open in terminal' that will open a terminal window within that working directory failing that you could move the directory to Downloads, and the command would then work. |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 1439421 | 2017-09-20 06:31:00 | Just thought I'll mention a good site to learn the commandline and other linux bits and pieces: linuxjourney.com |
Kame (312) | ||
| 1439422 | 2017-09-20 06:34:00 | Went into TERMINAL, bassman@bassman-desktop:~$ cd~/Desktop/rt[tab][enter] . . . . gets me this: Bash : . /cd~/Desktop/rt: No such file or directory Am I supposed to hit or hold the [tab] and [enter] keys? Do I hold them simultaneously? No matter what I do, I cannot get through that first line . Am I missing some other lines at the front of this line? |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1439423 | 2017-09-20 06:36:00 | Spaces are important cd[space]~/Des[tab]rt[tab][enter] |
Kame (312) | ||
| 1439424 | 2017-09-20 06:40:00 | Just looking at your terminal you would be at ~ which is your home directory, so cd Desktop/rt[tab][enter] would do | Kame (312) | ||
| 1439425 | 2017-09-20 06:43:00 | Which flavour of Linux is it Joe? With some you can open the directory (rt18187L_linux_1041.0202.2012) then right click in its window and select 'open in terminal' that will open a terminal window within that working directory failing that you could move the directory to Downloads, and the command would then work. Aha! That's a good idea - move the file to DOWNLOADS. Where is DOWNLOADS? This is Ubuntu - forget the edition. I have a minimal installation here - I just want to get it on line, as it has nothing but the original installation and not much more - OK - I put a pix or two in it just to see..................... |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1439426 | 2017-09-20 06:45:00 | Spaces are important cd[space]~/Des[tab]rt[tab][enter] OK - walking over to that desktop right now....brb. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1439427 | 2017-09-20 06:59:00 | rebooting | SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
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