need alot of help
alright i know this will seem a bit stupi, but my windows recently crashed so i have booted ubuntu 9.10 on my laptop i have a great deal of windows experience and am great at computers, however i am still trying to figure out the file system, or which commands are for running things
e.x. I have a theme in a folder on my desktop /home/bluefuzzball/Desktop/Azenis Orange Icons what is inside i am trying to run is "index.theme" so what do i type into the terminal to make it run and install. |
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Is it a application or script or a command ? Or is anything else |
Install instructions :
http://ubuntu-art.org/content/show.p...43b7452f6c9bfd You will probably have to rename /home/bluefuzzball/Desktop/Azenis Orange Icons .. to .. /home/bluefuzzball/Desktop/Azenis-Orange |
On Ubuntu themes can also be copied to the .themes directory in your home directory:
/home/bluefuzzball/.themes. A shorthand for /home/your_username in linux is simply ~. So: /home/bluefuzzball/.themes and ~/.themes are the same thing. Icons can be copied to ~/.icons. In linux a file or directory that begins with a period "." is hidden. To see them open your home directory and select View, and check "show hidden files". When you install themes to ~/.themes they are only available to you. If you install themes to /usr/share/themes they are available to every user on your system. Here is a good site for getting started with Ubuntu: http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/ And welcome to the LQ forums! |
alright i can't seem to find the theme part of my ubuntu to put it in.
also /home/bluefuzzball/desktop/emulation/epsxe what command can i use to run that, it's either an installer or the actual program, i tried run, didn't work apparently linux doesn't use run, i also tried the sudo apt-get didn't work either. so what do i type as the execute command? |
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Start over.
I'm not sure what the stuff is in the screenshots you posted. Download the Azenis-Orange theme to your home directory from here: http://ubuntu-art.org/content/show.p...43b7452f6c9bfd and untar it. To untar it open a terminal. The terminal should start in your home directory. To verify this type pwd (print working directory). It should report /home/bluefuzzball. Then untar (i.e., extract) the contents of the file: Code:
tar -xvzf 1141 Then, as per the instructions on the link that I posted (and that Knudfl posted before), copy the theme to the /usr/share/themes directory: Code:
sudo cp -r Azenis-Orange /usr/share/themes |
bluefuzzball@bluefuzzball:~$ tar -xvzf 1141
tar: 1141: Cannot open: No such file or directory tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now tar: Child returned status 2 tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors and there wasn't any autocomplete when i hit tab and the second screenshot is a ps1 emulator i am trying to get it to run. despite all the problems though i am still very pleased with linux it runs much smoother tham windows, and i still can use the internet and limewire fine. (it had a graphic interface for installing) |
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To run the executable epsxe 1) cd Desktop/emulator .. or : cd /home/bluefuzball/Desktop/emulator 2) ./epsxe ..... It is about knowing, what your present location is ( it's /home/bluefuzball/ when you first open the terminal ) ... and to know which folder, you want to "change directory to" = ' cd '. ..... |
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To verify that it is your home directory open a terminal and type: Code:
ls ~ Code:
ls /home/bluefuzzball Code:
cd ~ Instead of typing 1141 and hitting TAB you can just type the full name of the file instead of using the TAB key. The TAB autocomplete is a handy convenience feature I was trying to show you. I just installed the Azenis Orange theme on my laptop as per the instructions I posted in my last post and it works. Try again as per my instructions. Write back if you need more help. |
ls /home/bluefuzzball
Gdk-ERROR **: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.0. bluefuzzball@bluefuzzball:~/Desktop/emulation$ ls~ bash: ls~: command not found bluefuzzball@bluefuzzball:~/Desktop/emulation$ ls /home/bluefuzzball Desktop Firefox_wallpaper.png Pictures Unsaved Document 1 Documents LimeWire Public Videos examples.desktop Music Templates ... it says desktop in there and what i have is in a folder on my destop. ... btw my psx emulator works now and i just want to know, When it comes to executing files all i need to do is type the directory then ./(filename) to run it? |
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If you follow the directions I gave in post #7 of this thread it will work. I tested it. Start over with downloading the 114181-Azenis-Orange.tar.gz file. You can put it on your desktop if you want. Then just open a terminal and: Code:
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./file_name Code:
sh file_name.sh |
alright now i am starting to see how to run stuff, i appreciate the help i've gotten so far.
now what does "sudo" do other than ask for a password? what is "apt-get" for? |
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for example Code:
apt-get install dosbox |
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See the following howto for a gentle introduction: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ Cheers, Evo2. |
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