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Old 05-21-2011, 12:54 AM   #16
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Dreamlinux 3.5 - Based on Debian Lenny stable i368 Xfce desktop, but I can enable GNOME and/or KDE if needed for a certain program
 
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Old 05-21-2011, 01:00 AM   #17
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Ok, most likely, you need to install mlocate in order to have locate and updatedb on your system. That *should* do the trick, unless I am wrong.
 
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Old 05-21-2011, 01:01 AM   #18
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Should I do $apt-get mlocate

Or just open apt-get and hit the search button?

I'ma try both anyways...
 
Old 05-21-2011, 01:04 AM   #19
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What do you mean open apt-get? I'm pretty sure you are talking about your graphical front end for apt-get; You can do either or. I didn't mention how to before because in ALL honesty, I never even heard of your distro until now

And btw, on the command line, it would be the following:
Code:
sudo apt-get install mlocate
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Old 05-21-2011, 01:05 AM   #20
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umm
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sudo apt-get install mlocate
should do you better
 
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Old 05-21-2011, 01:06 AM   #21
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umm
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sudo apt-get install mlocate
should do you better
You were one second late
 
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Old 05-21-2011, 01:09 AM   #22
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You were one second late
ahh! and i thought to myself, "wow, so far all of my posts have, in the very least, every intention of being helpful"

now im a failure
 
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Old 05-21-2011, 01:13 AM   #23
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ahh! and i thought to myself, "wow, so far all of my posts have, in the very least, every intention of being helpful"

now im a failure
Well, in THAT case, you could "up" your failure by using proper grammar and capitalizing your words and using proper punctuation
 
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Old 05-21-2011, 01:13 AM   #24
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So I got mlocate and now I get:

Code:
root@Lifebook:~# locate byond
locate: can not open `/var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db': No such file or directory
root@Lifebook:~#

Out with the old problem in with the new


Checked the file myself, Went to /var/lib ... Found Mlocate opened her up ... and zip ... zero ... nada ... Nothing there
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Old 05-21-2011, 01:14 AM   #25
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Capitalization? Does anyone realize how hard that is?
 
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Old 05-21-2011, 01:16 AM   #26
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So I got mlocate and now I get:

Code:
root@Lifebook:~# locate byond
locate: can not open `/var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db': No such file or directory
root@Lifebook:~#

Out with the old problem in with the new
try this first
Code:
sudo updatedb
I have never used locate before though, so...
 
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Old 05-21-2011, 01:21 AM   #27
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try this first
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sudo updatedb
I have never used locate before though, so...
Yup, you are correct

And you're half way there with those capital letters
 
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Old 05-21-2011, 01:26 AM   #28
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Here's what I got:

Code:
root@Lifebook:~# locate byond
/home/hevithan/byond
/home/hevithan/Download/482.1091_byond_linux.zip
/home/hevithan/byond/Makefile
/home/hevithan/byond/bin
/home/hevithan/byond/cfg
/home/hevithan/byond/host
/home/hevithan/byond/key
/home/hevithan/byond/lib
/home/hevithan/byond/man
/home/hevithan/byond/readme.txt
/home/hevithan/byond/bin/DreamDaemon
/home/hevithan/byond/bin/DreamDownload
/home/hevithan/byond/bin/DreamMaker
/home/hevithan/byond/bin/libbyond.so
/home/hevithan/byond/bin/libext.so
/home/hevithan/byond/cfg/release.txt
/home/hevithan/byond/host/home
/home/hevithan/byond/host/host.dmb
/home/hevithan/byond/host/host.start
/home/hevithan/byond/host/hostconf.orig
/home/hevithan/byond/host/hostconf.txt
/home/hevithan/byond/host/readme-unix.txt
/home/hevithan/byond/host/readme.html
/home/hevithan/byond/host/shared
/home/hevithan/byond/host/shared-web
/home/hevithan/byond/host/home/root
/home/hevithan/byond/host/home/root/byond
/home/hevithan/byond/host/home/root/byond/tools
/home/hevithan/byond/host/home/root/byond/tools/root
/home/hevithan/byond/host/home/root/byond/tools/root/root.dmb
/home/hevithan/byond/host/shared/byond
/home/hevithan/byond/host/shared/byond/tools
/home/hevithan/byond/host/shared/byond/tools/admin
/home/hevithan/byond/host/shared/byond/tools/ftp
/home/hevithan/byond/host/shared/byond/tools/admin/admin.dmb
/home/hevithan/byond/host/shared/byond/tools/ftp/ftp.dmb
/home/hevithan/byond/host/shared-web/web
/home/hevithan/byond/host/shared-web/web/tools
/home/hevithan/byond/host/shared-web/web/tools/admin
/home/hevithan/byond/host/shared-web/web/tools/admin/index.dmb
/home/hevithan/byond/man/man6
/home/hevithan/byond/man/man6/DreamDaemon.6
/home/hevithan/byond/man/man6/DreamMaker.6
/usr/local/byond
/usr/local/byond/bin
/usr/local/byond/cfg
/usr/local/byond/man
/usr/local/byond/bin/DreamDaemon
/usr/local/byond/bin/DreamDownload
/usr/local/byond/bin/DreamMaker
/usr/local/byond/bin/libbyond.so
/usr/local/byond/bin/libext.so
/usr/local/byond/cfg/release.txt
/usr/local/byond/man/man6
/usr/local/byond/man/man6/DreamDaemon.6
/usr/local/byond/man/man6/DreamMaker.6
/usr/local/lib/libbyond.so
root@Lifebook:~#

That's right ... it works. :-) ... thanks everyone ... I'm gonna be up late spreading rep
 
Old 05-21-2011, 01:30 AM   #29
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Speaking of rep... Not sure if you know this or not, because most people don't know - The rep icon under the username in the left pane gives actual reputation, and the higher the post count and rep, the more points awarded. Finding posts helpful, regardless of the post and rep counts, will only give one rep. And no problem by the way... Anytime!

Cheers,

Josh

To add - I didn't say that just to get more rep either, since Eric had to call me out.......
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Old 05-21-2011, 01:33 AM   #30
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Speaking of rep... Not sure if you know this or not, because most people don't know - The rep icon under the username in the left pane gives actual reputation, and the higher the post count and rep, the more points awarded. Finding posts helpful, regardless of the post and rep counts, will only give one rep. And no problem by the way... Anytime!

Cheers,

Josh
well #$^! I just went through and said everyone was helpful. Wish I would known that sooner. I'll get ya in the future
 
  


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