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xpod · 01-05-2010, 23:12

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Originally Posted by grandmaster

Just to make people aware that your 3G modem might not work in 10.04 LTS....Mine doesnt lol

I seen another similar mention of a 3G modem no longer working but apparently installing the "usb-modeswitch-data" package from Synaptic solved the issue. Might be worth a try.

suggsy · 04-05-2010, 23:30

Also, I've been playing with ubuntu 10.04, how on earth do i open a downloaded file?

Please excuse my ignorance I've always been a windows man but really like linux if only i could unpack files I've downloaded.

Thanks in advance

Richard M · 04-05-2010, 23:35

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Originally Posted by grandmaster

Just to make people aware that your 3G modem might not work in 10.04 LTS....Mine doesnt lol

This is because of the modeswitch.
http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/

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Originally Posted by suggsy

Also, I've been playing with ubuntu 10.04, how on earth do i open a downloaded file?

Please excuse my ignorance I've always been a windows man but really like linux if only i could unpack files I've downloaded.

Thanks in advance

Right click and Extract Here?

You could also install the package "unrar" .. search Synaptic for "rar".

suggsy · 04-05-2010, 23:37

Thanks for your quick reply, i've tried the right click and extract here bit but maybe i did something wrong, I'll have another go thanks again

Richard M · 04-05-2010, 23:44

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Originally Posted by suggsy

Thanks for your quick reply, i've tried the right click and extract here bit but maybe i did something wrong, I'll have another go thanks again

Sometimes .rar files don't work properly. (especially multiple .rar01 files for example).
Let us know how you get on.

suggsy · 05-05-2010, 00:12

I love surfing and email etc with google chrome using linux, i dont have antivirus with it as apparently i dont need it but with windows i use newsgroups etc and just cant seem to get my head round how to do it with linux, i need a step by step guide i think, ive googled myself for hours but to little avail lol

i can access where the tested downloads of small files are but cannot seem to unpack them, even if they are not rar, or zip etc, once i can do that then i'll try to move on to configure newsgroups which ive been doing with windows for years.

Sorry to ramble but i really like linux and would love to be able to do with it what i do with windows, maybe virtually like wine or something.

Thanks for the help and replies.

xpod · 05-05-2010, 11:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by suggsy

I love surfing and email etc with google chrome using linux, i dont have antivirus with it as apparently i dont need it but with windows i use newsgroups etc and just cant seem to get my head round how to do it with linux, i need a step by step guide i think, ive googled myself for hours but to little avail lol

i can access where the tested downloads of small files are but cannot seem to unpack them, even if they are not rar, or zip etc, once i can do that then i'll try to move on to configure newsgroups which ive been doing with windows for years.

Sorry to ramble but i really like linux and would love to be able to do with it what i do with windows, maybe virtually like wine or something.

Thanks for the help and replies.

What exactly happens when you right click & "extract here" or what happens if you just double click on the first .rar file? Does the archive manager open at all? Does it display the contents on said .rar if it does open & can you not drag & drop the files directly from the archive manager if it is displaying the contents?
Did you try Richard M`s advice about installing the unrar package?

Hiroki · 06-05-2010, 01:52

Just wondering if someone could explain ppa's again as I just can't get it.

Are they what you need to automatically update programs to new/beta versions of software or are they something else?

Also how do I go about updating Amarok as I have no idea how.

xpod · 06-05-2010, 12:38

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Originally Posted by Hiroki

Just wondering if someone could explain ppa's again as I just can't get it.

Are they what you need to automatically update programs to new/beta versions of software or are they something else?

The Personal Package Archive service is a part of launchpad that basically allows you to distribute software directly to the users, which they can then download & try at their own risk after adding the relevant ppa to their sources list.

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Also how do I go about updating Amarok as I have no idea how.

Assuming Ubuntu 10.04.....If you installed 2.3.0 from the package manager you`ll obviously get updates as & when they come down but if you`re a little less patient and cant wait for some CoverBling then you could go download the Dark Star from the Amarok site i suppose.
I dont actually use Amarok myself but i think i`ve seen more people wanting to know how to downgrade it back to the 1.4* builds because they`re not too happy with the complete rewrite it had.

Hiroki · 06-05-2010, 13:20

Hmm im not sure how I installed it as I followed a guide online.

How would I go about uninstalling it and then reinstalling it via the package manager to get updates?

xpod · 06-05-2010, 14:01

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Originally Posted by Hiroki

Hmm im not sure how I installed it as I followed a guide online.

How would I go about uninstalling it and then reinstalling it via the package manager to get updates?

Do you have a link to the guide you used?
Regardless of how you installed it though you should still be able to remove it by opening Synaptic and looking in there for it. Try pressing the origin button, then looking in Local, local/main and Local/non-free for anything you`ve installed from outside the repo`s.
If you added any third party repo/ppa to install Amarok
from then removing that from your software sources list then reloading everything before installing the version that`s actually in the repositories is the way to go.

Hiroki · 06-05-2010, 15:51

I think it was on ubuntugeek but on the notepad file I have it just says "sudo apt-get install amarok" so I assumed I installed it that way.

Thanks for the tip im having a go at it now

suggsy · 06-05-2010, 15:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by xpod

What exactly happens when you right click & "extract here" or what happens if you just double click on the first .rar file? Does the archive manager open at all? Does it display the contents on said .rar if it does open & can you not drag & drop the files directly from the archive manager if it is displaying the contents?
Did you try Richard M`s advice about installing the unrar package?

Sorry to hack this thread a little but it is relevent and maybe of help to the op.

When i 'right click' on an 'exe' in the downloads folder, it says 'unable to elevate access to administrator, error 1'.

I feel i'm almost there but i'm trying to open and run 'exe' files, and also set up newsgroups etc, now pulling my hair out lol

Hiroki · 06-05-2010, 16:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by xpod

Assuming Ubuntu 10.04.....If you installed 2.3.0 from the package manager you`ll obviously get updates as & when they come down but if you`re a little less patient and cant wait for some CoverBling then you could go download the Dark Star from the Amarok site i suppose.
I dont actually use Amarok myself but i think i`ve seen more people wanting to know how to downgrade it back to the 1.4* builds because they`re not too happy with the complete rewrite it had.

Right I have managed to install amarok using your instructions but I was wondering if you could tell me how to update to the amarok beta that you've posted the link to?

When I click download on the page it gives me a link to icons for other distros and kubuntu and I still have no idea how to install it so any help would be appreciated and thank you for your help so far

xpod · 06-05-2010, 18:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hiroki

I think it was on ubuntugeek but on the notepad file I have it just says "sudo apt-get install amarok" so I assumed I installed it that way.

Thanks for the tip im having a go at it now

Just a plain old "sudo apt-get install amarok" on it`s own would install the version from the repo`s so unless you`d did some other configuring beforehand...like adding some third party repositry.....you may already have what your looking for. You can easily check what version of amarok your using with....

Code:

dpkg -l | grep amarok

Or check in Synaptic.

The only UbuntuGeek/Amarok guide i can find is this guide here ......which is a actually a guide to install a fork of the no longer supported 1.4. Just as i had mentioned people were doing earlier strangely enough.

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Originally Posted by suggsy

Sorry to hack this thread a little but it is relevent and maybe of help to the op.

When i 'right click' on an 'exe' in the downloads folder, it says 'unable to elevate access to administrator, error 1'.

I feel i'm almost there but i'm trying to open and run 'exe' files, and also set up newsgroups etc, now pulling my hair out lol

Seems i already hyjacked it from the OP so we`re both as bad as each other.

Exe`s are Windows Executables and you cant use them in Linux, not unless you have wine installed and even then that`s a bit hit and miss.

EDIT: Reminds himself, yet again, to reload thread when distracted.......