installing minicom from desktop

suppressor · 06-11-2009, 06:18 PM

This is a carryover from a different thread in hardware concerning geting a serial port modem conection. I am trying to install minicom from a pendrive as the computer I'm trying to connect has no conection I can't go through the normal route via synaptic or add/remove. There are other posts regarding an identicle problem but the advice always assumes a net connection. I now have an untared minicom on my desktop but can't install it.

bathory · 06-12-2009, 12:25 AM

You have to use:

Code:

sudo dpkg -i filename.deb

suppressor · 06-12-2009, 01:20 AM

This is getting embarrassing,tried the advice but just tells me "cannot access archive :No such file or directory.
I typed in sudo dpkg -i minicom-2.2.deb

jamescondron · 06-12-2009, 01:22 AM

In which case, the file doesn't exist. By untarred; what is the filename? With suffixes?

suppressor · 06-12-2009, 04:41 AM

I sent the downloaded minicom from the pendrive to the desktop. It appeared there as
minicom-2.2tar.gz I right clicked on this and clicked on extract and it apeared as minicom-2.2 I have tried both files in the terminal with sudo dpkg -i filename.deb
As you can probably see I am really just a mousekiteer escapee from MS.

linus72 · 06-12-2009, 04:50 AM

Did you try gdebi?

repo · 06-12-2009, 05:17 AM

open a terminal
cd to the folder where minicom-2.2tar.gz is located

Code:

cd /home/yourusername/Desktop
tar -xvzf minicom-2.2tar.gz
cd minicom-2.2
ls

Post the output from the ls command.

suppressor · 06-12-2009, 08:27 PM

Tried cd/username/desktop etc but still comes up with no such file or directory. Have right clicked folder on desktop and looked at "properties" which tells me there is a file at /home/username/desktop and its size is 703.6 kb.

repo · 06-13-2009, 01:25 AM

open a terminal
type

Code:

cd /home/username/Desktop
ls

please post the output of all the commands

suppressor · 06-13-2009, 07:06 AM

fit is username and below is the reply I get.

bash: cd: /home/fit/desktop: No such file or directory

repo · 06-13-2009, 07:25 AM

Try

Code:

cd /home/fit/Desktop

note the capital "D"

suppressor · 06-13-2009, 04:39 PM

opened terminal.
Shows fit@fit-PC:~$ typed in cd /home/Desktop
Shows fit@fit-PC:~/Desktops$

repo · 06-13-2009, 04:42 PM

what is the output from ls
do you see the file?

suppressor · 06-13-2009, 05:37 PM

typed in cd /home/fit/Desktop Is
result fit@fit-PC:~/Desktop$

repo · 06-13-2009, 05:43 PM

type the following

Code:

cd /home/fit/Desktop
ls