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[Wally Valters]

No you dont.  it appears there is already a directory there, seeing as
t2500-cvs-2007081510 is not a tar.gz.

Either use that one or blow it away and then proceed to unzip


On 8/30/07, jason jenkins <jenkins27 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It did not work.
>
> jru at jru-laptop:~$ tar xzf rt2500-cvs*
> tar: rt2500-cvs-2007081510: Cannot read: Is a directory
> tar: At beginning of tape, quitting now
> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
>
> gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file
> tar: Child returned status 2
> tar: rt2500-cvs-daily.tar.gz: Not found in archive
> tar: rt2500-cvs-daily.tar.gz.1: Not found in archive
> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
>
> did I need to be connected to the internet for it to work?
>
> On 8/30/07, Wally Valters <deepsky99 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > First: "As much as I want to get away from using windows, it is so damn
> > easy to use."
> > Well anything you know HOW to use is easy...  You will find Linux easier
> > in the end...
> >
> > ok:
> > 1) tar is like zip correct?
> >
> > Sort of.  it is zip with no compression.  That is why we gzip  (or bzip)
> > or whatever typoe compress them as well.
> >
> > 2) My home directory is the same directory I would be in when i first
> > open a terminal window?
> >
> > By default yes
> >
> > 3) gzip is the gnome version of say winzip?
> >
> > No.  same idea, different format.  In linux there is zip and unzip as
> > well.  BTW there is a Open source program called 7-zip that works on gzip,
> > tar, bzip as well as zip for windows.  You can find it on
> > sourceforge.net
> >
> > 4) when I am in the home directory "tar xzf rt2500-cvs*" is the command
> > I run to extract?
> >
> >  yes
> >
> > 5) what are switches?
> >
> > the above command is tar [switches]  so in the above, the switches are
> > "xzf"
> >
> > 6) I will end up making a new directory (folder) called
> > rt2500-cvs-yymmdd?
> >
> > the yymmdd will be the date of the tar file
> >
> > 7) why?
> >
> > For now...  just because
> >
> > 8) i do not think I understand tab completion in the terminal; cd rt2
> > then tab (not enter?) will show me or put me into the rt2 directory?
> > (similar to cd c:\\windows\program files)?
> >
> > Tab completion allows you to type less... tab will complete the line,
> > enter will execute it
> > Tab completion exists in Windows as well, it just works a little
> > differently.
> >
> > 9) why did i only need to type rt2 and not the entire thing?
> >
> > rt2 then hit tab, it will fill out the rest of the name for you, then
> > hit enter.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > After you untar that file, poke around and try and see what we should do
> > next...
> >
> >
> >
> > On 8/30/07, jason jenkins <jenkins27 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > OK, i will do this after work.  I have some general questions though.
> > > 1) tar is like zip correct?
> > > 2) My home directory is the same directory I would be in when i first
> > > open a terminal window?
> > > 3) gzip is the gnome version of say winzip?
> > > 4) when I am in the home directory "tar xzf rt2500-cvs*" is the
> > > command I run to extract?
> > > 5) what are switches?
> > > 6) I will end up making a new directory (folder) called
> > > rt2500-cvs-yymmdd?
> > > 7) why?
> > > 8) i do not think I understand tab completion in the terminal; cd rt2
> > > then tab (not enter?) will show me or put me into the rt2 directory?
> > > (similar to cd c:\\windows\program files)?
> > > 9) why did i only need to type rt2 and not the entire thing?
> > >
> > > As far as what I think we should be doing next:
> > > It looks like yesterday we downloaded the ralink 2500 chipset drivers
> > > for ubuntu in the form of a tar file from serialmonkey.  the instructions
> > > you just gave me look to be extracting the tar files contents to a directory
> > > under my home directory.  Next would be to install or apply the driver so
> > > the OS knows its there and can use it.  My natural instinct would be to
> > > double click the install exe or run it through the command prompt.  I have a
> > > bad feeling though that there is are no exe files in linux.  So I must have
> > > to open a terminal and use some linux command similar to run or execute and
> > > point it to a certain file I just extracted in the rt2500 directory I just
> > > made.
> > > close?
> > >
> > > As much as I want to get away from using windows, it is so damn easy
> > > to use.
> > >
> > >
> > > On 8/30/07, Wally Valters < deepsky99 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > cd ~ puts you in your home directory...  /home/jason  or whatever it
> > > > is.
> > > >
> > > > ok now we will extract the tar.   a tar.gz file is a tar
> > > > (TapeARchive) that is subsequently gzipped.  we can undo both in one swoop.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > cd ~
> > > > tar xzf rt2500-cvs*
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > the switxhes stand for eXtract gZipped File   (czf would create
> > > > one...  tar is pretty straight forward)  you cna add v for verbose which
> > > > will list all the files as it untars (tar xzvf etc)  Order does not matter
> > > > on the switches
> > > >
> > > > This will create a subdirectory underneath your home dir...
> > > > (like/home/jason/rt2500-cvs-yymmdd) (depending on the date the dir will
> > > > change)
> > > >
> > > > Do you understand tab completion in the terminal?  As in from your
> > > > home dir:
> > > > cd rt2 (then hit tab)
> > > >
> > > > cd into that new dir and do a 'ls' to see whats in there.
> > > >
> > > > What do you think we should do next?
> > > >
> > > > Don't worry if you don't know, but poke around looking at filenames
> > > > in that structure to see if you can figure it out.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 8/29/07, jason jenkins < jenkins27 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > OK, I did all 3 of those steps and they seemed to have went well.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
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