Lightscribe help

[Karl F. Larsen]

Willis Taylor wrote:
> Please read before biting my head off.  I used the update manager in
> System>Admin. to upgrade my computer from 8.10 to 9.04 and killed the
> machine.  I have installed Hardy, 8.04 and now need my LaCie 4L label
> burner and Simple Labeler put back into place.  When I try to install
> using gdebie for a DEB file and when I try to download the rar to
> convert with alien I receive the following message.  In the case of a
> deb file the extension changes of course.
>
> Please, some super birght person on the forums has already demonstrated
> his inability to comprehend and told me I an't use a rar file (he never
> heard of alien?) and I am professing ignorance already, I just need a
> little help.  The sample message follows;
>
> /tmp/lightscribe-1.18.4.1-linux-2.6-intel.rpm could not be opened,
> because the associated helper application does not exist. Change the
> association in your preferences.
>
>
>   
    I should bite your head off. In 500 words you obscured the problem. 
The problem you have is a Fedora .rpm package can not be opened in 
Ubuntu Jaunty. Seems a lot of needed libs are not in Ubuntu.

    A well done RPM should list the needed support files it can't find. 
If it does copy them down and use $ sudo apt-get install to load them. 
Then try loading the rpm again.


Karl