What archive manager are you using?

Kind regards,

Eric

(how to compress all files but one in a directory?)

I'm just using right click and compress. There are different extensions available, including .tar.gz by default.

I think there's a command called "tar -xzvf files" or something like that, that might help to compress all files but one?

Select the files you want to compress either using CTRL and left click to select, or using SHIFT and select the first and then the last. Then with the files selected right click and compress. That should work.

Kind regards,

Eric

It worked, but the archive was an hidden file. I had to go to "view" and "show hidden files" to find it. I'm sending it to you now. Do you know why it became an hidden file ? (the name doesn't start with a '.')

Hi,

As reference for future problems with this package. I've been emailing with the OP in order to find a solution. In one of the scripts in the package I found reference to remove as a make option (instead of uninstall), which is logical (why didn't I think of that earlier??? :doh: ). Running
gave following results:
Then I realized elishac is using Ubuntu. He should be running now with sudo.

@elishac: revers to posting here on LQ again please, so that others with similar problem can profit from it.

Kind regards,

Eric

Yes, sudo make remove worked, thanks a lot. Problem is solved.

Perfect, glad to be of assistance. Enjoy Linux.

Kind regards,

Eric

If you don't mind, I'd like us to have a debriefing about some of the things that you made me do and that I didn't understand, and the questions that were left unanswered.

I can see 3 questions that were not answered (but maybe I should start another topic?)
- why did the file become hidden when I compressed it, and why didn't it go into an infinite loop ?
- My file in /var/log/syslog is still getting spammed with "init: ureadahead-other main process (15488) terminated with status 2". How to make this stop ?
- How to get unix-chkpwd lines in /var/log/syslog (I know it's possible because I've seen a log with lines like this) ?

Thanks.

What????!!!! No-one here MADE you do anything!!

Seriously, I would put those specific questions in new threads. Example: To fix XYZ problem, I ran this ABC command. It <<worked/did not work>> and I have a question about <<why/details/other>>

I for one am not going re-read the whole thread to get what I need to answer specific questions.

Hi,

I don't mind 'debriefing' :), just hope I can clear up some of the gaps.

I don't know why the file became hidden when you compressed it. What archiver do you use?

About the mentioning of ureadahead in the log, that seems to be bug related to me. Have a look at this link:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ad/+bug/484677

Take it from there to see if you can find something, maybe an upgrade of the ureadahead package?

I don't quite understand what you mean with unix-chkpwd lines in your log. To what are you referring? What exactly is it you'd like to see in your log?

Kind regards,

Eric

LOL, you're right, we didn't MAKE him do it, I'm assuming that's a figure of speech the OP uses.

Kind regards,

Eric

Yeah I'm sorry. I'm not English native and I might use some words that sound weird to you.
I didn't mean anything offensive. On the contrary, I'm really thankful that Eric gave me a step by step, because I'm new to linux and lost when it comes to admin tasks.

The archiver I used is just the one provided by my system (I guess, although I wasn't the one who installed the system so I can't be sure). I right-clicked and pressed "compress...". I don't know its name.

Here is a line sample that was taken from a /var/log/syslog file (not on my computer, obviously : that's what I want) :
Feb 6 04:20:40 www unix_chkpwd[20528]: password check failed for user (root)

Don't worry, I'm no native English speaker neither (that sounds weird :) ), so I'm not taking something as an offense that rapidly.

I don't have access to an Ubuntu at this time to check the archiver. About the line in your syslog, I'm sure I've seen it in log files on our Debian servers at work and I didn't install anything strange on them. I'll check on Monday to see what generates them.

Kind regards,

Eric

So I posted the 3 questions in different topics (here, here, and here).
I consider this topic closed. Thanks to all, especially repo and Eric.

I've noticed :) You're welcome.

Kind regards,

Eric