I'm stuck again

Thu Mar 19 13:21:00 UTC 2015

You didn't need the 2nd "cd", using "cd" without any parameters just puts
you back in your home folder.  But you're on the right track.

However, based on your email to Doug, it looks like you got it to work
earlier on in this adventure.  I see a installer_linux.sh in the list,
however I don't know for sure if it's the correct one.

"installer_linux.sh" is (I'm assuming) what we find inside of
"installer_linux.tar.gz"
(tar files are like packages of regular files, such as the .sh script
file.  A tar file can contain any number of other files, just they're
compressed and packaged in the tar "box".  you need to take the files out
of the box to use them).

So just to be sure, try this:

cd Downloads
tar xvzf installer_linux.tar.gz

Of course, <Enter> at the end of each line...

Let us know what flies across the screen.

On Thu, 19 Mar 2015 at 09:00 Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Cranky, I get this:  raymond at raymond-HP-Pavilion-TS-15-Notebook-PC:~$
> cd Downloads
> raymond at raymond-HP-Pavilion-TS-15-Notebook-PC:~/Downloads$ cd
> raymond at raymond-HP-Pavilion-TS-15-Notebook-PC:~$
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 8:55 AM, CrankyOldBugger <
> crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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