I'm stuck again

Thu Mar 19 14:01:42 UTC 2015

Glad to hear that it's working.

On Thu, 19 Mar 2015 at 09:54 Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:

> OK that works! the file is open and now all I have to do is configure my
> VPN, Many thanks to all of you for you patience and it"s really
> appreciated.Thanks again.
>
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 9:40 AM, CrankyOldBugger <
> crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> You're back in your home folder again.  Do a "cd Downloads" first, then
>> run Frank's instructions.
>>
>> On Thu, 19 Mar 2015 at 09:31 Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> This is what I get Frank: raymond at raymond-HP-Pavilion-TS-15-Notebook-PC:~$
>>> ./installer_linux.sh
>>> bash: ./installer_linux.sh: No such file or directory
>>> raymond at raymond-HP-Pavilion-TS-15-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo
>>> ./installer_linux.sh
>>> [sudo] password for raymond:
>>> sudo: ./installer_linux.sh: command not found
>>> raymond at raymond-HP-Pavilion-TS-15-Notebook-PC:~$
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 9:27 AM, Frank Morris <morris.frank.a at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Raymond,
>>>>
>>>> From this output, I think you have extracted installer_linux.tar.gz
>>>> already. Now, from here it looks as though you might need to execute
>>>> installer_linux.sh. From ~/Downloads$ what happens when you do,
>>>>
>>>> ./installer_linux.sh
>>>>
>>>> If that gives no joy, you may need to do,
>>>>
>>>> sudo ./installer_linux.sh
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mar 19, 2015, at 8:56 AM, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Doug, this what I get:raymond at raymond-HP-Pavilion-TS-15-Notebook-PC:~$
>>>> cd Downloads
>>>> raymond at raymond-HP-Pavilion-TS-15-Notebook-PC:~/Downloads$ ls
>>>> adobe-release-x86_64-1.0-1.noarch(1).rpm
>>>> adobe-release-x86_64-1.0-1.noarch(2).rpm
>>>> adobe-release-x86_64-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
>>>> etc
>>>> flash-plugin-11.2.202.451-release.x86_64(1).rpm
>>>> flash-plugin-11.2.202.451-release.x86_64.rpm
>>>> google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
>>>> installer_linux.sh
>>>> installer_linux.sh (2)~
>>>> installer_linux.tar.gz
>>>> install_flash_player_11_linux.x86_64(1).tar.gz
>>>> install_flash_player_11_linux.x86_64.tar.gz
>>>> LGPL
>>>> libflashplayer.so
>>>> readme.txt
>>>> usr
>>>> raymond at raymond-HP-Pavilion-TS-15-Notebook-PC:~/Downloads$
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 8:52 AM, Doug Stewart <doug.dastew at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 8:35 AM, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> If I do ls Downloads, with capital D, yes all the files are there,
>>>>>> highlighted in colour. How do I cd this Jeff?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> you did
>>>>>
>>>>>  ls Downloads
>>>>>
>>>>> now do
>>>>>
>>>>> cd  Downloads
>>>>>
>>>>> and then
>>>>>
>>>>> ls
>>>>>
>>>>> Doug
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 8:33 PM, CrankyOldBugger <
>>>>>> crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 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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