A newbie

removed001 · 05-04-2019, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by ugjka

the default $EDITOR in most cases will be vi. Particularly if you'll attempt sudoedit command. Better learn it now than be sorry...

Also that was a tongue-in-cheek comment, you can always change $EDITOR to nano in your .bashrc

I never understood that tongue in cheek thingy...

carl a · 03-05-2021, 01:46 PM

This is my first post about technical know how I am new to linux but am willing to learn. Iam trying to install clipgrab on ubunto 20.04 lts with no avail.its been 3 days of research and everything I saw and tried fail.Could one of you geniuses lead me to victory and from this headache of trial and error. Thank you for your time and effort

linustalman · 03-06-2021, 02:02 AM

Greetings, carl a, and welcome to LQ!

hazel · 03-06-2021, 04:56 AM

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Originally Posted by ugjka

the default $EDITOR in most cases will be vi. Particularly if you'll attempt sudoedit command. Better learn it now than be sorry...

Actually a lot of distros use nano as their default system editor these days precisely because vi is so offputting to newbies.

OP, how are you trying to install clipgrab? The best way to install anything in whatever distro is to use your built-in package manager. Only if it isn't available from the official repositories (and the Ubuntu ones are huge) should you try anything else, because you can seriously mess up your system by installing random software on it.

Empair · 03-06-2021, 06:34 AM

Hi i new here. I am from Czech a my English is weak so as my understanding of linux. I hope, that we together change it.

hazel · 03-06-2021, 07:05 AM

You should start a new thread to do that, not hijack someone else's. Then you can tell us a bit about yourself.

Empair · 03-06-2021, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by hazel

You should start a new thread to do that, not hijack someone else's. Then you can tell us a bit about yourself.

I tried it, but when I tried to start Thred, I got the same warning here in this topic that I should introduce myself first.

So I chose this path ...

hazel · 03-06-2021, 08:25 AM

Well, never mind! You're here now. Welcome to the community.

Empair · 03-06-2021, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by hazel

Well, never mind! You're here now. Welcome to the community.

Thx

so ... to fix it:

https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...91#post6227891

and my First question:

https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...63#post6227863

Gad · 03-06-2021, 10:08 AM

welcome to LQ! @carl a

Gad · 03-06-2021, 10:09 AM

Welcome to LQ! @Empair

carl a · 03-06-2021, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Gad

welcome to LQ! @carl a

Thank you so kindly for the greeting

carl a · 03-06-2021, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Gad

Welcome to LQ! @Empair

thank you for the greetings

carl a · 03-06-2021, 11:01 AM

[QUOTE=hazel;6227831]Actually a lot of distros use nano as their default system editor these days precisely because vi is so offputting to newbies.

OP, how are you trying to install clipgrab? The best way to install anything in whatever distro is to use your built-in package manager. Only if it isn't available from the official repositories (and the Ubuntu ones are huge) should you try anything else, because you can seriously mess up your system by installing random software on it

carl a · 03-06-2021, 11:24 AM

Thanks for your input and knowledge now I don't feel hopeless or helpless when it comes to learning linux. Here is some of the things I've tried add -apt-repository ppa: clipgrab-team/ppa ,sudo apt install ffmpeg, sudo apt-get install libqtwebkit4 ffmeg, add clipgrab to software source in ubuntu software center,and keep getting does not have a release file and many more failure reports. ppa does not support focal.My builted in package manager I will locate and try from here first.