cannot install programs

[Sam]

Because I was new to Linux and it was just to try it out, I changed my
computer to ubuntu. But because it's the same, could you give a quick
overview of the things I need to do and the commands I need to enter?

Sam




2006/10/22, Tez <binary_y2k2 at blueyonder.co.uk>:
>
> You'll want the package "build-essential", not just make
> ("build-essential" includes make), and it should work without an
> internet connection as the package, as well as make, is on the install CD.
>
> Tez
>
> Sam wrote:
> > So it wont work because the file I want to install is the driver and
> > utility for my usb-wlan-stick. I can only connect my computer to the
> > internet when this tarball is installed.
> >
> > Sam
> >
> >
> >
> > 2006/10/22, O. Sinclair <o.sinclair at gmail.com
> > <mailto:o.sinclair at gmail.com>>:
> >
> >     Just a short one; you definitely must be connected to run these
> >     commands
> >     as they pick up from the internet repositories and not from your
> >     disk or
> >       a CD
> >
> >     sinclair
> >
> >     Sam wrote:
> >     > I'll give it a try, will this work without a connection to the
> >     internet?
> >     > I'll run the following commands: apt-get install make and apt-get
> >     > install module-assistant.
> >     >
> >     > Thanks for your help,
> >     >
> >     >
> >     > Sam
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >
> >     > From: Daniel Pittman < daniel at rimspace.net
> >     <mailto:daniel at rimspace.net> <mailto:daniel at rimspace.net
> >     <mailto:daniel at rimspace.net>>>
> >     > To:  kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> >     <mailto:kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> >     <mailto:kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> >     <mailto:kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>>
> >     > Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 21:42:56 +1000
> >     > Subject: Re: cannot install programs
> >     > Sam < theoneandonlysam at gmail.com
> >     <mailto:theoneandonlysam at gmail.com>
> >     <mailto:theoneandonlysam at gmail.com
> >     <mailto:theoneandonlysam at gmail.com>>> writes:
> >     >
> >     >>  When I try to install a program, the Konsole always give me
> >     always an
> >     >>  answer that the command make or another command I tried, doesn't
> >     >>  exist.
> >     >
> >     > Well, that would probably be because they are not installed on the
> >     > computer.  The tools to build C software are not part of the basic
> >     > installation of Ubuntu because they are relatively specialized.
> >     >
> >     > What you want to do is install the appropriate packages.  For
> >     'make' the
> >     > package is, er, 'make.'
> >     >
> >     > For everything else you can search for an appropriate package by
> >     using
> >     > the "search the content of packages" option at
> >     > http://packages.ubuntu.com/ to find which packages you need to
> >     install.
> >     >
> >     > However:
> >     >
> >     >>  I tried to install the following:
> >     >>
> >     >>  http://dlsvr01.asus.com/pub/ASUS/wireless/WL-167g/Linux_1036.zip
> .
> >     >>  It's a driver and a utility to get my USB-WLAN-adapter to work.
> >     >
> >     > This is really not the best way to achieve your results.  Ubuntu
> >     ship
> >     > the rt2500 driver source as an appropriate package, so the best
> >     way to
> >     > get it compiled would be to install the 'module-assistant'
> package.
> >     >
> >     > Then, run 'sudo m-a' in a shell and follow the prompts to have it
> >     > install the software needed to compile drivers, then build and
> >     install
> >     > the rt2500 driver for you.
> >     >
> >     > That should require significantly less effort than trying to build
> >     > software by hand.
> >     >
> >     > Regards,
> >     >        Daniel
> >     > --
> >
>
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