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I'm brand new to Linux (been a Windows user for years) and I'm trying to install TorGuard VPN in Ubuntu which is on a virtual machine.
I've downloaded two files "TorGuard_unix_4_0_1" and "TorGuardPRO.zip". The first file is the VPN and the second file is the instructions.
I will like to know how to open these files if anyone could be of any help? In Windows one simply hits "Open" but in Linux when I do this it gives me the run about.
You realise that
a. TorGuard is not free (as in beer; I'm not sure about "as in speech")
b. There are free (in both senses) alternatives.
If you do a search with Ubuntu's package manager for packages with "tor" at the beginning, you'll find a few.
Just saying... what you do is your business.
jdk
You realise that
a. TorGuard is not free (as in beer; I'm not sure about "as in speech")
b. There are free (in both senses) alternatives.
If you do a search with Ubuntu's package manager for packages with "tor" at the beginning, you'll find a few.
Just saying... what you do is your business.
jdk
sphinx@ubuntu:~$ cd ~/Downloads
sphinx@ubuntu:~/Downloads$ ./TorGuard_unix_4_0_1
bash: ./TorGuard_unix_4_0_1: No such file or directory
sphinx@ubuntu:~/Downloads$ chmod +x TorGuard_unix_4_0_1
chmod: cannot access `TorGuard_unix_4_0_1': No such file or directory
sphinx@ubuntu:~/Downloads$
Last edited by TheCorporation; 07-07-2013 at 02:32 AM.
Oh, I thought you were a newcomer to to Linux. If you have already tried the open solutions and found them wanting then you know what you're doing.
Apologies. Out of curiosity which ones did you try?
jdk
sphinx@ubuntu:~$ cd ~/Downloads
sphinx@ubuntu:~/Downloads$ ./TorGuard_unix_4_0_1
bash: ./TorGuard_unix_4_0_1: No such file or directory
sphinx@ubuntu:~/Downloads$ chmod +x TorGuard_unix_4_0_1
chmod: cannot access `TorGuard_unix_4_0_1': No such file or directory
sphinx@ubuntu:~/Downloads$
Are you certain TorGuard_unix_4_0_1 is in the Downloads folder or in a subdirectory within?
Just to make sure of the path of this file or directory type this from your terminal
This will search for TorGuard_unix_4_0_1 starting from the root directory of your home folder and it will execute file command to determine the file type
Oh, I thought you were a newcomer to to Linux. If you have already tried the open solutions and found them wanting then you know what you're doing.
Apologies. Out of curiosity which ones did you try?
jdk
I am a new comer to Linux I think we got off on the wrong foot. I've used VPN's for about 4 years but only in Windows and I understand the difference in VPN quality that is all I'm saying my friend
I don't use free VPN services only payed ones for reasons I won't go into but I am grateful for your help
This will search for TorGuard_unix_4_0_1 starting from the root directory of your home folder and it will execute file command to determine the file type
Post back any results
Since I don't know what I'm doing I did it two different ways.....
OP, jdkaye has been trying to gently nudge you in the direction that most experienced linux users would take. That being to use their package manager to install software that was packaged for them by their distribution. Downloading zip files from third party web sites and installing them by hand can be error prone, makes it troublesome to keep your installed software up to date (a serious security issue), and so on. Additionally, most often the Free software that is packaged by your distribution and is ready to install is generally of higher quality (YMMV here) than similar third party commercial products.
I think you would do well to do some background reading on your new OS before you start getting into bad habits and wasting your own time.
For a general overview see for example http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm, next you should look into repositories and package management. Feel free to ask for pointers to documentation here.
Your output in post 12 from the ls -l command shows three files and one directory. Two of the files are the zip files you refer to in your initial post. I don't know if the first file "config_all.zip" was there before. What is in the directory "drwxrwxr-x 2 sphinx sphinx 12288 Jul 7 00:23 TorGuardPRO".
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