On 17Feb2008 16:56, kazman1914 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | Next, add the repository to your system's list of APT sources: | | For Ubuntu Gutsy (7.10): | sudo wget | http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/sources.list.d/gutsy.list -O | /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list | End Quote | | Ok, the first thing I asked myself is "What's a terminal window?" It | wasn't hard to find. I clicked "Applications", went to "Accessories", | and there it was. So I opened the terminal window and pasted the | advised line of text. | | Problem? Yes, I haven't the faintest clue what to do next. Well, | what do the above quoted instructions say? To repete: | | "Next, add the repository to your system's list of APT sources:...For | Ubuntu Gutsy (7.10):...sudo wget | http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/sources.list.d/gutsy.list -O | /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list..." | | Ok, so HOW do you add the repository to your system's list of APT | sources? It doesn't say, and I therefore don't know.
You're not being literal enough. The command: sudo wget http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/sources.list.d/gutsy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list run in the terminal window, adds it. This is because all that has to happen is for the file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list to get created with the right stuff in it. Wget fetches the stuff from the URL and stores it in the file. Task complete! It is increasingly common these days for systems to have a config directory named /etc/something.d with files in it. The system will consult all the files in there, so in this case adding the new file _does_ add the new source. It's done this way because you can add and remove stuff without editing a shared config file, and because it lets "add on" packages simply supply files that land in the right config directories. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ Oh, what tangled webs we weave, when first we practice to deceive. And when we've practiced for awhile, How we do improve our style! - Dorothy Parker To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
