[ubuntu-uk] Another example of how the manufacturers conspire to ensure that if you don't use Windows you're screwed

[Rowan Berkeley]

On 04/02/13 11:46, Colin Law wrote:
> On 4 February 2013 11:40, Rowan Berkeley <rowan.berkeley at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Unfortunately, it seems that you can
>> have a package sitting in plain view on the desktop but the terminal will
>> keep telling you "no such file or package." This rather stops me in my
>> tracks.
> Show us the command you are typing and the error (and tell us which
> folder you are in in the terminal).  Preferably copy/paste it out of
> the terminal (Ctrl+Shift+C to copy from terminal).
>
> Colin
>

Aha - the answer was contained in the question. it couldn't find it on 
the desktop, but it found it after I moved it to the home folder.