I'm stuck again

[CrankyOldBugger]

Just change the last to CD.

cd Downloads
On Mar 19, 2015 8:36 AM, "Raymond House" <raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:

> If I do ls Downloads, with capital D, yes all the files are there,
> highlighted in colour. How do I cd this Jeff?
>
> On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 8:33 PM, CrankyOldBugger <
> crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Frank makes a good point.  Can you do an "ls" to find the file, then
>> actually cd into that folder and try the command again, starting from the
>> "tar ..." part (ignore the /home/... part at the start).  If you're in the
>> right folder then it should work (and the Tab auto-complete should also
>> work).
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 18 Mar 2015 at 20:29 Frank Morris <morris.frank.a at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I've had similar "detected problem" PPP ups on a few VM running 14.04.
>>> I've just ignored them...seems fine.
>>>
>>> You've probably already checked but, I've pulled my hair out a bit with
>>> two different download directories. The last few posts I saw you working in
>>> "Downloads". Is there also a "downloads" directory? Capitalization has
>>> spanked me a few times in Linux.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mar 18, 2015, at 4:50 PM, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> What I'm tying to do in open the app for my VPN so I can get to use it.I
>>> did this twice before with ubuntu and star sapphire and it worked fine.I
>>> have had so many problems with ubuntu on this machine that I did a clean
>>> reinstall of 14.04 and now trying to get the VPN to work,even with nothing
>>> else on this machine, just ubuntu 14.04 I'm still getting all sorts of
>>> "14.04 trouble reports"and it always suggest that I shut down and restart.I
>>> think I'm getting close to heave it in the trash bin and get an android
>>> tablet.Sorry for the long story.You guys have been great with all your help
>>> but why does it not just WORK.
>>> .
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 4:05 PM, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I hit tab and nothing happens, yet, if I go to downloads, it's there.
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 4:00 PM, CrankyOldBugger <
>>>> crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Well you're in the right folder now (Downloads)
>>>>> Can you start with "tar xvzf inst" (without the quotes) then hit Tab
>>>>> to autocomplete the filename?  That's how I avoid spelling mistakes.  If
>>>>> you hit Tab and nothing happens, then the file isn't there.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 18 Mar 2015 at 15:58 Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> here is what I get:raymond at raymond-HP-Pavilion-TS-15-Notebook-PC:~$
>>>>>> cd ~/Downloads; tar xvzf installer_linux.tar.gz
>>>>>> tar (child): installer_linux.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or
>>>>>> directory
>>>>>> tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
>>>>>> tar: Child returned status 2
>>>>>> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
>>>>>> raymond at raymond-HP-Pavilion-TS-15-Notebook-PC:~/Downloads$
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 3:56 PM, Stephen M. Webb <
>>>>>> stephen.webb at canonical.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 15-03-18 03:53 PM, Raymond House wrote:
>>>>>>> > if I do that I get the following:bash: /home/raymond/Downloads/:
>>>>>>> Is a directory
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Maybe this?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   cd ~/Downloads; tar xvzf installer_linux.tar.gz
>>>>>>>
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