I just bought a 4gig Eee PC and I'm having a problem installing ECMLInk (Car tuning software http://www.ecmtuning.com/downloads.p...4urgjcqsjh7u75)

The program is on a 2gig thumb drive.

I have tried su and then input password, sudo, chmod +x ecmlink_3_18_205_full.sh.

Then sh and just ./ecmlink_3_18_205_full.sh

Then it begins to unpack, then everything that is unpacking says "Cannot change ownership to uid 1002, gid 100: Operation not permitted."

And at the end it says "Error unpacking jar files. Aborting.
You might need administrative privileges for the operation."

Now I'm new to Linux so please bear with me.

I have read so many google searches, my head hurts.

With all the reading I've done, it seems I pretty much need to change ownership because of the fact that it's on that thumb drive, but I have no idea how to do that. I have tried many times in the/a shell, but I'm not sure what to do anymore.

I've seen some stuff on the /etc/fstab, but nothing works, not sure I'm even using the right shell or does it even matter?

Also, is there a way to see what Linux I have?

Thanks in advance and I hope this is in the right place.

Edit: I hit the back button and double posted, sorry. Please delete the other post if possible.

to know about the linux
it works for me.

Ok now all I do is hit ctrl+alt+t, is this the correct shell to be doing this?

I tried it but all I got was "bash: lsb_release: command not found."

Sorry, but really new to Linux.

I know when I use the file manager, I can open up different shells.

Ex: When trying to install that program, I can open file manager and right click D: and then open console window. From there I can open different shells, but not sure which one I should be using.

dont you know what linux you installed on your machine??or was it preloaded?
who is the owner of the .sh file??try ..if you are not the owner try changing file ownership.

Linux came preloaded.

I have no idea who the owner is of the file. I don't even know how to check that. I don't know how to change the ownership. I have searched google and here but I'm not sure what to do or what to be typing. That is why I came here. I need help changing ownership. That chown and using/editing /etc/fstab just confused me. Like I said I'm new to Linux, any help would be great.

What shell should I being typing the code into?

How do I change ownership?

I've tried typing in some things but it always fails. I'm not sure what I'm doing.

Edit: I tried that code and this is what I got...
"-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 23327894 2009-09-06 11:52 ecmlink_3_18_205_full.sh". And I have no idea what that means.

it is better to hightlight any code or output with # option provided..from the output you provided it is clear that the owner the file is root.. change the ownership using the command chown..it is really simple, just refer the manual by typing change ownership by

Edit: Ok I see the manual now, thanks. I'll be reading for a bit.

Ok all that did was confuse me more.

Can someone give me step by step instructions.

This is what I got "sudo chown user:group ecmlink_3_18_205_full.sh
chown: `user:group': invalid group"

This is starting to drive me nuts.

What am I doing wrong?

How is that changing anything? Doesn't make any sense to me.

you should substitute "user" and "group" with your username and groupname..
eg.
since you are not the owner you cant change the file permissions for that file by chmod..

How do I find out the group name? Or should I just change it?

Sorry guys, this is just getting to me. I have been trying for the past 3 days to get this working.

Edit: sudo chown SuperDave:group ecmlink_3_18_205_full.sh
chown: `SuperDave:group': invalid user

No matter what I put in group it still says invalid user.

to know username type
type to find groupif you find a group same as username then give the same for groupname.

If all else fails, just get another install disc and start over. You will have a cleaner,leaner and meaner system. Unlike Windows, there are no license keys or validation to be concerned with. And at the beginning of install, you key in YOUR name, so ownership should be no problem.

/media/D:> whoami
user
/media/D:> groups
user dialout cdrom floppy audio video plugdev users lpadmin

I'm sure I can use any one of those group correct?

Now when I change owner using "chown" should I be typing user for both?

i will better advise you to refer the command
for the basic commands..it will help you a lot.

I did input my user name at the beginning with a password.

This is just the preloaded Linux, but I've already had to reinstall it. Again putting in a user name and password.

But the ECMLink program is on a USB drive because of the low space on the Eee PC.