I'm stuck again

Thu Mar 19 13:40:54 UTC 2015

You're back in your home folder again.  Do a "cd Downloads" first, then run
Frank's instructions.

On Thu, 19 Mar 2015 at 09:31 Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:

> This is what I get Frank: raymond at raymond-HP-Pavilion-TS-15-Notebook-PC:~$
> ./installer_linux.sh
> bash: ./installer_linux.sh: No such file or directory
> raymond at raymond-HP-Pavilion-TS-15-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo ./installer_linux.sh
> [sudo] password for raymond:
> sudo: ./installer_linux.sh: command not found
> raymond at raymond-HP-Pavilion-TS-15-Notebook-PC:~$
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 9:27 AM, Frank Morris <morris.frank.a at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Raymond,
>>
>> From this output, I think you have extracted installer_linux.tar.gz
>> already. Now, from here it looks as though you might need to execute
>> installer_linux.sh. From ~/Downloads$ what happens when you do,
>>
>> ./installer_linux.sh
>>
>> If that gives no joy, you may need to do,
>>
>> sudo ./installer_linux.sh
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mar 19, 2015, at 8:56 AM, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Doug, this what I get:raymond at raymond-HP-Pavilion-TS-15-Notebook-PC:~$
>> cd Downloads
>> raymond at raymond-HP-Pavilion-TS-15-Notebook-PC:~/Downloads$ ls
>> adobe-release-x86_64-1.0-1.noarch(1).rpm
>> adobe-release-x86_64-1.0-1.noarch(2).rpm
>> adobe-release-x86_64-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
>> etc
>> flash-plugin-11.2.202.451-release.x86_64(1).rpm
>> flash-plugin-11.2.202.451-release.x86_64.rpm
>> google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
>> installer_linux.sh
>> installer_linux.sh (2)~
>> installer_linux.tar.gz
>> install_flash_player_11_linux.x86_64(1).tar.gz
>> install_flash_player_11_linux.x86_64.tar.gz
>> LGPL
>> libflashplayer.so
>> readme.txt
>> usr
>> raymond at raymond-HP-Pavilion-TS-15-Notebook-PC:~/Downloads$
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 8:52 AM, Doug Stewart <doug.dastew at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 8:35 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?
>>>>
>>>
>>> you did
>>>
>>>  ls Downloads
>>>
>>> now do
>>>
>>> cd  Downloads
>>>
>>> and then
>>>
>>> ls
>>>
>>> Doug
>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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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