I give up (was problems as newbie: Bob)

[alfredo perez]

If you have installed the win32 codecs package correctly
check to see what you have in the directory /usr/lib/win32

ls //usr/lib/win32

you should see a bunch of dll files. If you do then you have installed 
the deb package
correctly.

Question:

With what are you opening the .wav files?

Alfredo

Bob wrote:
>> Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:52:57 -0500
>> From: "R. Wood" <au516 at freenet.carleton.ca>
>> Subject: Re: Problems as newbie
>> To: ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com
>> Message-ID: <20061110175257.GN16985 at ncf.ca>
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>> Allegedly, on Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 11:27:40AM -0800, Bob stated:
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>>> 5.  Is there a good file control/manipulation app available that works
>>> in the GUI. I can work reasonably well from the command prompt in OS/2
>>> but haven't a clue as to Linux command structure?
>>>       
>> Two alternate file managers that I like are 'thunar' and 'krusader'
>> ('emelfm' is a lean krusader of sorts).
>>
>> In the terminal of course there is always 'mc'  :-)
>>
>> Have Fun with GNU/Linux,
>> Raymond
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>
> First let me thank Dave Sullivan, Leslie Lewis and Raymond Wood for
> their assistance in their attempts to get me going with Ubuntu. I find
> that I really need a "Linux for Dummies" because I am making *no*
> progress.
>
> First e.g. I downloaded the .deb file with the Win32 codecs and it was
> "INSTALLED" by some magic. Then I tried to view a .wmv file because I
> thought that the codecs would have been installed to the video viewer.
> No such luck and then I found that all that had happened was that the
> archive had been opened and the files it contained had been "INSTALLED"
> in a folder but that was it. How to get them *really* installed has me
> baffled, I've read the help file of the video viewer which was of no
> *help*.
>
> Second e.g. The audio player will *not* play .wav files but has no word
> on how to get it to do so.
>
> This is just a sample of the frustrating things that I have encountered
> in attempting to get Ubuntu to do what *I* want it to do. Please don't
> point me to Linux on line docs, I have read pages and pages, but because
> I don't speak Unix or Linux it just appears as baffelgab.
>
> So people, that's it. Unless I can find someone locally to hold my hand
> and walk me through setup procedures I'll have stick to my old OS/2 WARP
> until it can't handle so much new stuff that I quit all together.
>
> Best regards.
>
> Bob Barr
>
>
>