Permission denied at /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper-1.9 line 152.
 

magnum@magnum-desktop:~$ ndiswrapper -i tmp/bcmwl5a.inf
couldn't create /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5a: Permission denied at /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper-1.9 line 152.
magnum@magnum-desktop:~$


does anyone know what this means?

thanks in advance.

You need to be root.

forgive my ignorance but i don't know what that means, i am the only user on the computer.

root is the "superuser", or administrator account. It has more powers than a regular user account. If you're using Ubuntu, then run the command with "sudo" in front (i.e. "sudo ndiswrapper -i tmp/bcmwl5a.inf") and enter your user password when prompted. For other distros where the root account is enabled, run "su", then enter your root password and then run ndiswrapper.

thanks for clearing that up, i thought the $ sign was a sudo substitute
(we all know what thought did)