I give up

[Bob]

On Thu, 2006-11-23 at 12:00 +0000, ubuntu-ca-request at lists.ubuntu.com
wrote:

> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 20:16:48 -0500
> From: "R. Wood" <au516 at freenet.carleton.ca>
> Subject: Re: I give up
> To: ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com
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> 
> Allegedly, on Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 04:53:45PM -0800, Bob stated:
> > Someone wrote:
> > > A .deb file is an archive that has information on how to install it
> > > and how to remove it (I understand that this is a gross
> > > simplification). 
> > > 
> > > sudo dpkg -i <name of the package> (in the dir that it is in). 
> > > 
> > > or (in userspace) right click the .deb package in in Konqueror and
> > > select install from the Kubuntu package menu
> > > 
> > > Just a note, for regular packages downloaded from the repos, 'sudo
> > > apt-get install <package name>' will install and configure the
> > > package. You can also use package management tools (like synaptic or
> > > adept or aptitude (for the commandline). 
> > > 
> > > The issue that you are facing is that the w32codec.deb package can
> > > not be available on ubuntu repos due to licencing issues. 
> > 
> > I had no trouble getting the file and there must be an installer
> > attached because the whole procedure ended with the .deb package
> > placed in the /home folder and all of the files, 130 of them, from the
> > package placed in /user/lib/win32. So it looks like that is, in fact,
> > the installation procedure.
> > 
> > Bob Barr
> 
> You still haven't clarified the method you used to 'install'.  Frankly
> IMHO you're going to have to get much more specific and provide details
> to the list, or no one will be able to help you make progress :-/
> 
> To get good answers, you have to ask good questions :-)
> 
> Have Fun with GNU/Linux,
> Raymond
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> 

My apologies to all if I have been such a pain.

Goodbye.

Bob