I'm stuck again

[CrankyOldBugger]

Frank makes a good point.  Can you do an "ls" to find the file, then
actually cd into that folder and try the command again, starting from the
"tar ..." part (ignore the /home/... part at the start).  If you're in the
right folder then it should work (and the Tab auto-complete should also
work).


On Wed, 18 Mar 2015 at 20:29 Frank Morris <morris.frank.a at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've had similar "detected problem" PPP ups on a few VM running 14.04.
> I've just ignored them...seems fine.
>
> You've probably already checked but, I've pulled my hair out a bit with
> two different download directories. The last few posts I saw you working in
> "Downloads". Is there also a "downloads" directory? Capitalization has
> spanked me a few times in Linux.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mar 18, 2015, at 4:50 PM, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> What I'm tying to do in open the app for my VPN so I can get to use it.I
> did this twice before with ubuntu and star sapphire and it worked fine.I
> have had so many problems with ubuntu on this machine that I did a clean
> reinstall of 14.04 and now trying to get the VPN to work,even with nothing
> else on this machine, just ubuntu 14.04 I'm still getting all sorts of
> "14.04 trouble reports"and it always suggest that I shut down and restart.I
> think I'm getting close to heave it in the trash bin and get an android
> tablet.Sorry for the long story.You guys have been great with all your help
> but why does it not just WORK.
> .
>
> On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 4:05 PM, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I hit tab and nothing happens, yet, if I go to downloads, it's there.
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 4:00 PM, CrankyOldBugger <
>> crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Well you're in the right folder now (Downloads)
>>> Can you start with "tar xvzf inst" (without the quotes) then hit Tab to
>>> autocomplete the filename?  That's how I avoid spelling mistakes.  If you
>>> hit Tab and nothing happens, then the file isn't there.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, 18 Mar 2015 at 15:58 Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> here is what I get:raymond at raymond-HP-Pavilion-TS-15-Notebook-PC:~$ cd
>>>> ~/Downloads; tar xvzf installer_linux.tar.gz
>>>> tar (child): installer_linux.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or
>>>> directory
>>>> tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
>>>> tar: Child returned status 2
>>>> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
>>>> raymond at raymond-HP-Pavilion-TS-15-Notebook-PC:~/Downloads$
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 3:56 PM, Stephen M. Webb <
>>>> stephen.webb at canonical.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 15-03-18 03:53 PM, Raymond House wrote:
>>>>> > if I do that I get the following:bash: /home/raymond/Downloads/: Is
>>>>> a directory
>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe this?
>>>>>
>>>>>   cd ~/Downloads; tar xvzf installer_linux.tar.gz
>>>>>
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