Installing Ldoce at Ubuntu 6.10

serafimg · 05-28-2007, 12:15 PM

Hallo!

I want to install ldoce (Dictionary of Contemporary English) at ubuntu 6.10. By using the command sh, I started the installer normally and without problems. The problem appears when the installer askes me to insert the second cd-rom into the driver, in order to continue the installation. I push the button to eject the first cd-rom but nothing! When I used the commands eject and umount the result was a message telling "The device is busy". Do you have any ideas?

Thank you and
sorry for my English level.

rupertwh · 05-29-2007, 08:56 PM

Hi,

the reason might be Nautilus getting stuck on trying to create thumbnails or whatever for files on the cdrom.
Use 'lsof|grep cdrom' (grep for actual mount point) to see what process is keeping files open on the cdrom.

serafimg · 05-30-2007, 03:11 PM

I wrote the command that you told me in a Terminal and these are the results:

internet@doryforos:/media/cdrom0/linux$ lsof|grep cdrom
bash 7185 internet cwd DIR 22,64 2048 52416 /media/cdrom0/linux
lsof 8132 internet cwd DIR 22,64 2048 52416 /media/cdrom0/linux
grep 8133 internet cwd DIR 22,64 2048 52416 /media/cdrom0/linux
lsof 8134 internet cwd DIR 22,64 2048 52416 /media/cdrom0/linux

Now what am I supposed to do??

rupertwh · 05-30-2007, 04:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by serafimg

internet@doryforos:/media/cdrom0/linux$ lsof|grep cdrom
bash 7185 internet cwd DIR 22,64 2048 52416 /media/cdrom0/linux

ok, you are keeping the cd from being unmountable yourself, because you are in a directory of the cd.

Change your current directory to somewhere outside the cd (e.g. 'cd ../..') and you should be fine.

Regards

Rupert

serafimg · 05-31-2007, 04:23 PM

I changed my current directory to somewhere outside the cd but nothing new happened.
Then I typed the command: lsof|grep cdrom
but it didn't outputted something.

serafimg · 06-08-2007, 06:47 AM

All I had to do was to run the sh file, that is located in the linux folder of the cd1, as a root.

So, Ubuntu users, all you have to do in order to install the Longman Dictionary Of Contemporary English is to open a Terminal and type the following command:

sudo sh /media/cdrom0/linux/installation.sh