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Originally Posted by runfast789
Hello. I'm pretty sure this is a linux question and not specific to Ubuntu 9.04 which I am currently running.
I've downloaded potential printer drivers for my printer (saved to myname/desktop). The installation instructions have me create a directory and move the .tar.gz file into it using terminal. The error I get says
myname@myname-desktop:~$ mkdir lexmark
myname@myname-desktop:~$ mv CJLZ600LE-CUPS-1.0-1.TAR.gz lexmark
mv: cannot stat `CJLZ600LE-CUPS-1.0-1.TAR.gz': No such file or directory
I can see the .tar file and the lexmark folder on my desktop. Am I in the wrong place in the terminal? If I run "dir" in the terminal it lists all the files on my desktop except all of the .tar.gz.
Any help would be appreciated to clear up my error message.
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Is your machine called myname-desktop???? In any event you ran the mv command from your home directory (that's what the "~" means so if the tarball is on your desktop then this command will fail.
Code:
myname@myname-desktop:~$ mv CJLZ600LE-CUPS-1.0-1.TAR.gz lexmark
instead the command should be
Code:
myname@myname-desktop:~$ mv ~/Desktop/CJLZ600LE-CUPS-1.0-1.TAR.gz lexmark
and you need to run that command from your home directory. OTOH, if you run this command
Code:
myname@myname-desktop:~$ mv ~/Desktop/CJLZ600LE-CUPS-1.0-1.TAR.gz ~/lexmark
then it doesn't matter what folder you run it from.
cheers,
jdk