Hi! I'm new to UBUNTU!

[Basil Chupin]

On 29/05/10 22:10, calcpage at aol.com wrote:
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Basil Chupin<blchupin at iinet.net.au>
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Sent: Fri, May 28, 2010 10:40 pm
> Subject: Re: Hi!  I'm new to UBUNTU!
>
> On 29/05/10 11:46, Calcpage wrote:
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>> On May 28, 2010, at 9:29 PM, Basil Chupin<blchupin at iinet.net.au>
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> wrote:
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>>> On 29/05/10 10:19, calcpage at aol.com wrote:
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>>>        
>>>> Hi, everyone, I just installed Ubuntu for the very first time
>>>> (desktop
>>>> edition 10.04 on 64bit AMD Athlon dualcore) and like what I see so
>>>> far.
>>>>    I am new to Ubuntu, but not to Debian.
>>>>
>>>> I teach Computer Science at the local High School.  I maintain a
>>>> lab of
>>>> Linux boxes for my students to login to a remote sftp server I setup
>>>> for them to do projects and save their work.  For the longest time
>>>>          
> we
>    
>>>> were a KNOPPIX shop (except the server which was Slackware).
>>>>
>>>> This year we got new 64bit hardware and were experimenting all year
>>>> with 64bit distros.  We seemed to home in on Red Hat&    gnome
>>>> environments like Fedora, CentOS and Rocks.  We've been having a
>>>> lot of
>>>> issues with these environments, not the least of which was
>>>> recognizing
>>>> our dual nics.  Well, Ubuntu recognized them right out of the box
>>>>          
> and
>    
>>>> even configured them the way we wanted (one public and one
>>>> private).  I
>>>> think I like the Debian/gnome combo too!
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, I tell you all this by way of introduction so you can
>>>> understand our situation.  We do have a little problem.  We use a
>>>>          
> lot
>    
>>>> of java enabled sites like www.javawide.org, www.sagenb.org and
>>>> www.screencast-o-matic.com so jre support in a browser is very
>>>> important to us.  I cannot seem to get Firefox to install the jre,
>>>> however.  Is there some trick to this?  Also, I tried to apt-get
>>>> install something simple like bzflag-server and nothing happened.
>>>> Do I
>>>> have to update the repository addresses somehow?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>          
>>> Under System>Administration>Software Sources did you select all the
>>> appropriate sources for the software - especially the one restricted
>>> because of copyrights?
>>>
>>> BC
>>>
>>>
>>>        
> Thanx for the apt-get command lone.  I also have a problem getting apt-
> get to do anything, it just hangs....
>
> Sent from my iPod
>
>
> Umm, would I be overstating the bleeding obvious if I stated that the
> apt-get command is really "sudo apt-get......"?
>
> BC
>    

Thanx for stating the "bleeding obvious," but I did use "sudo."

I'm serious, please state the obvious as I am new to Ubuntu!

BTW, I find it strange that I can't use "su."  Can I login as root?



In Ubuntu you cannot use "su" to login as root - you need to use "sudo" before a line command to*execute*  it as root (this is the broad description, but not complete because you can login as root but this requires some "adjustments" - for want of a better description).

You stated that when you issued "apt-get...." that the command just "hung". It shouldn't unless you didn't do something right. Which "sudo apt-get" command*did*  you issue, BTW (By The Way)?

In any case, if you had selected all the appropriate sources (which was my other question) for the software, in System>Administration>Software Sources, then you would not need to use "sudo apt-get..." because System>Administration>Update Manager would do the work for you to upgrade whatever files where installed; and, of course, System>Administration>Synaptic would allow you to select and install new files for you which would then be upgraded by Update Manager (or using "sudo apt-get....".

BC

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