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Quote:

Originally Posted by cyanide0007 (Post 4040235)

thanx for ur help
now am facing another problm,i saved xbmc-9.11 in my dsktop,
now der is a LOCK symbol on dat folder n wen i try to delet it,
"Error removing file: Permission denied"
comes y? dis is happening?
plz help me!!

Because you untarred as root.
Open a terminal, login as root, cd to the place where the files are located, and delete them.

Quote:

Originally Posted by anishakaul (Post 4040265)

Execute the following commands one by one and post the results here:

Code:

sudo -s

chmod 774 /home/cyanide0007/Desktop/xbmc

exit

cd ~/Desktop/xbmc

ls -l

./configure

make

sudo -s

make install

result i got

cyanide0007@ubuntu:~$ sudo -s
root@ubuntu:~# chmod 774 /home/cyanide0007/Desktop/xbmc
root@ubuntu:~# exit
exit
cyanide0007@ubuntu:~$ cd /home/cyanide0007/Desktop/xbmc
cyanide0007@ubuntu:~/Desktop/xbmc$ ls -l
total 420
-rwxrwxrwx 1 cyanide0007 cyanide0007 96 2009-09-21 14:03 bootstrap
-rwxrwxrwx 1 cyanide0007 cyanide0007 45612 2009-08-09 11:04 config.guess
-rwxrwxrwx 1 cyanide0007 cyanide0007 34069 2009-08-09 11:04 config.sub
-rwxrwxrwx 1 cyanide0007 cyanide0007 51108 2009-12-16 21:39 configure.in
-rwxrwxrwx 1 cyanide0007 cyanide0007 18313 2009-06-15 13:11 copying.txt
drwx------ 3 cyanide0007 cyanide0007 4096 2009-12-24 01:11 credits
drwx------ 3 cyanide0007 cyanide0007 4096 2009-12-24 01:10 docs
drwx------ 4 cyanide0007 cyanide0007 12288 2009-12-24 01:11 guilib
-rwxrwxrwx 1 cyanide0007 cyanide0007 13184 2009-01-05 22:55 install-sh
-rwxrwxrwx 1 cyanide0007 cyanide0007 4829 2008-03-18 11:28 keymapping.txt
drwx------ 40 cyanide0007 cyanide0007 4096 2009-12-24 01:10 language
drwx------ 5 cyanide0007 cyanide0007 4096 2009-12-24 01:11 lib
-rwxrwxrwx 1 cyanide0007 cyanide0007 15419 2008-05-19 19:05 LICENSE.GPL
-rwxrwxrwx 1 cyanide0007 cyanide0007 17614 2009-12-15 02:04 Makefile.in
-rwxrwxrwx 1 cyanide0007 cyanide0007 3024 2009-11-13 22:53 Makefile.include.in
drwx------ 3 cyanide0007 cyanide0007 4096 2009-12-24 01:10 media
drwx------ 5 cyanide0007 cyanide0007 4096 2009-12-24 01:11 project
-rwxrwxrwx 1 cyanide0007 cyanide0007 5807 2009-11-12 11:21 README.linux
-rwxrwxrwx 1 cyanide0007 cyanide0007 10117 2009-12-02 19:58 README.osx
-rwxrwxrwx 1 cyanide0007 cyanide0007 4066 2009-11-12 11:21 README.ubuntu
drwx------ 2 cyanide0007 cyanide0007 4096 2009-12-24 01:11 screensavers
drwx------ 2 cyanide0007 cyanide0007 4096 2009-12-24 01:10 scripts
drwx------ 4 cyanide0007 cyanide0007 4096 2009-12-24 01:11 skin
drwx------ 3 cyanide0007 cyanide0007 4096 2009-12-24 01:11 sounds
drwx------ 8 cyanide0007 cyanide0007 4096 2009-12-24 01:10 system
drwx------ 16 cyanide0007 cyanide0007 4096 2009-12-24 01:11 tools
drwx------ 4 cyanide0007 cyanide0007 4096 2009-12-24 01:11 userdata
drwx------ 4 cyanide0007 cyanide0007 4096 2009-12-24 01:11 visualisations
drwx------ 5 cyanide0007 cyanide0007 4096 2009-12-24 01:11 web
drwx------ 15 cyanide0007 cyanide0007 20480 2009-12-24 01:11 xbmc
-rwxrwxrwx 1 cyanide0007 cyanide0007 7096 2009-01-27 20:55 XBMC.kdevelop
drwx------ 2 cyanide0007 cyanide0007 4096 2009-12-24 01:10 XBMC.xcodeproj
-rwxrwxrwx 1 cyanide0007 cyanide0007 65818 2009-11-09 21:04 xbmc-xrandr.c
cyanide0007@ubuntu:~/Desktop/xbmc$ ./configure
bash: ./configure: No such file or directory
cyanide0007@ubuntu:~/Desktop/xbmc$ make
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
cyanide0007@ubuntu:~/Desktop/xbmc$ sudo -s
root@ubuntu:~/Desktop/xbmc# make install
make: *** No rule to make target `install'. Stop.
root@ubuntu:~/Desktop/xbmc#

Quote:

Originally Posted by repo (Post 4040271)

Because you untarred as root.
Open a terminal, login as root, cd to the place where the files are located, and delete them.

wat is the delete command

Quote:

Originally Posted by cyanide0007

wat is the delete command

Code:

sudo -s

cd ~/Desktop/

rm -rf xbmc*

Quote:

Originally Posted by anishakaul (Post 4041796)

Code:

sudo -s

cd ~/Desktop/

rm -rf xbmc*

no use its not deleted yet

y der is a lock symbol on that folder?

Copy and paste the exact commands you tried on the terminal and their error messages here.

Quote:

Originally Posted by anishakaul (Post 4041812)

Copy and paste the exact commands you tried on the terminal and their error messages here.

thank u sir,
previously i typed wrong command,now it is removed,but till now am not installed xbmc-9.11 plz help me on dat issue???!!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by cyanide0007 (Post 4041824)

thank u sir,
previously i typed wrong command,now it is removed,but till now am not installed xbmc-9.11 plz help me on dat issue???!!!

Did you tried
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...1/#post4037122

Yes, just wait, I am trying that on my system.

There is a README.ubuntu file in that untared folder, read it carefully, the steps to install it are mentioned there.

Do as a normal user.
1. Download that xbmc software in your home folder.

Code:

cd ~

tar -xf xbmc-9.11.tar.gz

cd xbmc-9.11/

cat README.ubuntu

since am connected my system to network through my phone, connection is too slow,So i can't use synaptic for downloading XBMC again,bcoz it is too large file

so am trying to install it through the previously downloaded XBMC-9.11.tar.gz
i got dat from a CYBER cafe

Read my post number 26 I have modified it

http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=HOW-TO_i...n_step-by-step
sudo apt-get install python-software-properties pkg-config
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xbmc xbmc-standalone
>>> 20 packages, dependencies included : Only 43.3 MB to download.

→ Seconds with a fast internet,
a little more time with your phone connection, I guess.

P.S.: Building xbmc from source is difficult.
( Is for experts with years of experience ? )
The testbuild, I made four days ago (see post #11, xbmc svn ):
140 dependencies, some built from source.
..