On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Nalin Savara <[email protected]> wrote:
> * > On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 1:59 PM, D <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am a B.tech second year student at IITD. I installed ubuntu 9.04 on > my dell studio 15. > Most things I have checked are fine except the sound. It is inaudibly > low, I tried the on line suggestions, and it is a little better but > still not what it should be. please help me. > > Also I downloaded vim72 for linux but it was just a folder with a lot > of files, how can I install it. > I am an absolute beginner and know nothing. Please help. > * > > Hiya Mista D... > > What's your name ? > Mind if I address you as Pranav ? > > Well... abt Ubuntu linux, seems you got surprised on finding that the vim72 > you downloaded for linux is just a zipped up folder. > > A archived folder is in stark contrast to what you'd see in MS WIndows... > installers as msi files or as setup.exe ? > > Well to dig into a bit of history-- Ubuntu is a derivative of a strain of > Linux called "Debian Linux". > > The installer format on debian is .DEB files. > > If you download anything which has been built as a installer for debian > linux--- you'd get them as .deb files too. > > Archiving the files needed for installation is just one way of distributing > stuff-- but the preferred way on debian linux and it's offshoots is ".deb" > installer files. > > I hope that helps... > > If anything else, please feel free to ask. > > Best Wishes and Regards, > > Nalin Savara > nsnsns(at)gmail.com > > ps: maybe this answer is a bit long-- not that I love typing-- but I wanted > the answer to have background info in a way that it is helpful to you. > > pps: also I suggest you also learn the unix basics-- from classmates or > from some book about unix. > --~--~---------~--~----~------ > > > > > give the command alsamixer in the terminal to increase the volume. if still still doesn't work we will see it and to install the vim , first set repository properly(the repo which is availabel in IIT) and then just give the command sudo apt-get install vim this is the best way to install if you are unable to set the IIT repository in your Ubuntu machine do the following things 1. open the terminal 2. cd /etc/apt 3. sudo mv sources.list sources.list.bak 4. sudo gedit source.list 5. paste the following lines to sourse.list deb http://poorvi.cse.iitd.ernet.in:80/ubuntu jaunty main restricted universe multiverse deb-src http://poorvi.cse.iitd.ernet.in:80/ubuntu jaunty main restricted universe multiverse deb http://poorvi.cse.iitd.ernet.in:80/ubuntu jaunty-proposed main restricted universe multiverse deb-src http://poorvi.cse.iitd.ernet.in:80/ubuntu jaunty-proposed main restricted universe multiverse deb http://poorvi.cse.iitd.ernet.in:80/ubuntu jaunty-updates main restricted universe multiverse deb-src http://poorvi.cse.iitd.ernet.in:80/ubuntu jaunty-updates main restricted universe multiverse deb http://poorvi.cse.iitd.ernet.in:80/ubuntu jaunty-security main restricted universe multiverse deb-src http://poorvi.cse.iitd.ernet.in:80/ubuntu jaunty-security main restricted universe multiverse deb http://poorvi.cse.iitd.ernet.in:80/ubuntu jaunty-backports main restricted universe multiverse deb-src http://poorvi.cse.iitd.ernet.in:80/ubuntu jaunty-backports main restricted universe multierse 6. save and quit gedit 7. sudo apt-get update 8. sudo apt-get install vim # to install vim # -- Alok Singh Mahor Department of Computer Science & Engineering Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110 016, India Join the next generation of computing, Open Source, and Linux/GNU! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Do you have another question? Click here - http://groups.google.com/group/iitdlug/post l...@iitd community mailing list -- http://groups.google.com/group/iitdlug -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
