Errors trying to upgrade from GG to HH Ubuntu.
Hi All, I receive these errors (below) when trying to Upgrade from Gutsy Gibbon to Hardy Heron Ubuntu, using the Update Manager: Failed to fetch http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/g/gnome-btdownload/gnome-btdownload_0.0.30-2_all.deb403 Forbidden Failed to fetch http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/libg/libgksu1.2/libgksu1.2-1_1.3.8-1ubuntu4_i386.deb403 Forbidden Failed to fetch http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/n/neon26/libneon26_0.26.4-2_i386.deb403 Forbidden Am I doing something wrong or is the http://au.archive.ubuntu.com missing some critical files needed for the upgrade??? -- Fond Regards, Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com (or) http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.) -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Installing Software
Hi the List, The instructions say 1) Get the tarball (?!) Did that. 2) copy it to your home directory. Did THAT! 3) tar xfzv anjuta-version.tar.gz (I assume that converts to anjuta-2.4.1 in my case) NOTE: No instructions as to where, how or what with that line. 4) Change dir: #cd anjuta-version 5) Type #./configure 6) Type # make 7) Type # Make install. I tried those instructions in terminal. No such file was the answer, so the whole thing stopped at the first line. So just how DO I install the software? Obviously I'm new at this so H E L P please? Pretty please? :-) :-) Mike H -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Installing Software
Michael Harold wrote: ... Hi the List, The instructions say 1) Get the tarball (?!) Did that. 2) copy it to your home directory. Did THAT! 3) tar xfzv anjuta-version.tar.gz (I assume that converts to anjuta-2.4.1 in my case) NOTE: No instructions as to where, how or what with that line. 4) Change dir: #cd anjuta-version 5) Type #./configure 6) Type # make 7) Type # Make install. I tried those instructions in terminal. No such file was the answer, so the whole thing stopped at the first line. So just how DO I install the software? Obviously I'm new at this so H E L P please? Pretty please? :-) :-) Whenever you see instructions that involve tarballs, ./configure, and make, you should first check that there's not a package already: apt-cache sarch anjuta Which shows that a package is already available in Ubuntu. You can see more details by running: apt-cache show anjuta You can also see information about the packages at http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/anjuta (where you can substitute gutsy for hardy or whatever, and substitute anjuta for any package you desire.) Unless you especially need a version that's not the one provided by Ubuntu, you should then ignore all the tarball make stuff and just: aptitude install anjuta This is the main reason i use a Debian-based distribution - the vast range of available software. :-) I also suggest ticking the Submit statistical information in System - Administration - Software Sources - Statistics, so that Ubuntu get information about the fact that you've installed and used that package. This will help them make good decisions about which packages are important to their users. Paul begin:vcard fn:Paul Gear n:Gear;Paul org:Liberty Systems Software adr;dom:;;;Birkdale;Q;4159 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:Director tel;work:07 3122 2198 tel;cell:04 3183 7656 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:http://www.libertysys.com.au/ version:2.1 end:vcard smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
hardy heron and truecrypt 5.1a
hi all, still reinstating after clean install I came across this IMPORTANT message while installing truecrypt. Has anyone had problems with the hardy kernel? $ sudo dpkg -i truecrypt-5.1a/truecrypt_5.1a-0_i386.deb Selecting previously deselected package truecrypt. (Reading database ... 106555 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking truecrypt (from .../truecrypt_5.1a-0_i386.deb) ... Setting up truecrypt (5.1a-0) ... IMPORTANT: Due to a bug in some Linux kernel versions, you may experience a very low performance or stalling when writing data to a TrueCrypt volume. This problem can be solved by upgrading your kernel to the latest version. Cheers, Sebastian -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: installing software
Hi the List, The instructions say 1) Get the tarball (?!) Did that. 2) copy it to your home directory. Did THAT! 3) tar xfzv anjuta-version.tar.gz (I assume that converts to anjuta-2.4.1 in my case) NOTE: No instructions as to where, how or what with that line. 4) Change dir: #cd anjuta-version 5) Type #./configure 6) Type # make 7) Type # Make install. I tried those instructions in terminal. No such file was the answer, so the whole thing stopped at the first line. So just how DO I install the software? Obviously I'm new at this so H E L P please? Pretty please? :-) :-) Mike H -- Hi Mike, I have to agree with Paul - ubuntus' packages are the best first source for programs but I wonder if you did substitute 2.4.1 for version? It should be 3) tar xfzv anjuta-2.4.1.tar.gz 4) Change dir: #cd anjuta-2.4.1 then the configure, make, make install Hope it helps. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Flash - it hurts! Make it stop! :-(
On Mon, 5 May 2008 at 18:35, Paul Gear [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cefiar wrote: On Monday 05 May 2008 12:26:18 Lisa Milne wrote: Can you install Gnash and Gnash-plugin (or whatever its called) for flash playback? Does anyone know if currently gnash or swfdec work with the flash that Facebook currently uses/produces? I tried gnash this afternoon and it certainly didn't work with Youtube, which is the only real reason i'd submit to having Flash enabled. That noflash sounds good - i might investigate running a 32-bit browser with Flash and noflash both installed for the times when i want to use Youtube. There are a few FOSS Flash players out there. I think swfdec can handle YouTube. -- Proprietary software companies hand out free copies for the same reason that cigarette companies give sample packs to college kids - to encourage addiction. - Richard Stallman, 2002-11-01 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Flash - it hurts! Make it stop! :-(
Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: On Mon, 5 May 2008 at 20:53, Melissa Draper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave Hall wrote: On Mon, 2008-05-05 at 11:59 +1000, Paul Gear wrote: Does anyone know a way to stop Firefox asking about installing missing plugins? Facebook is driving me nuts since they switched their status app to Flash, since i'm on 64-bit Gutsy. ... +1 NoScript rocks my world. Most sites do not need Flash/JavaScript/Silverlight/etc. to be usable. Blocking those elements often makes pages faster and more navigable. It also has the added side-effect of blocking many advertisements. I already use NoScript (as my first installed plugin whenever i set up Firefox, followed shortly thereafter by the Netcraft toolbar). Despite its presence, the lack of a Flash plugin was annoying me greatly on Facebook, because you have to allow Facebook to run scripts to make it work. Setting plugin.default_plugin_disabled to false was what fixed it for me. Paul begin:vcard fn:Paul Gear n:Gear;Paul org:Liberty Systems Software adr;dom:;;;Birkdale;Q;4159 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:Director tel;work:07 3122 2198 tel;cell:04 3183 7656 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:http://www.libertysys.com.au/ version:2.1 end:vcard smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
