install cedega
 

hello,
i have managed to download cedeaga onto my dektop, is it possible to get synaptic to load this for me and if not how would i install it ?
Many thanks, stev.

if you downloaded cedega as a .deb package then type :

sudo dpkg -i packagename

it will be installed and you will then find in synaptic

directory ?
 

hello,
what should i type exactly, as i am still new to this game...it is called cedega_5.0.1_i386.deb and is on my desktop. If i need to change directory, can you teach me that as well.
Many thanks, steve.

in the terminal type :

cd ~/Desktop
sudo dpkg -i cedega_5.0.1_i386.deb

no such file or
 

hello,
i keep getting no such file or directory.. What am i doing wrong ? Right from the start...at the blinking curser i have the following :-
unionjak@unionjak:~$
i then type cd ~/desktop
i then get bash: cd: /home/unionjak/desktop: No such file or directory
what gives, and thanks for your patience. steve.

take care that linux is case sensitive ;-)

its :

cd ~/Desktop
sudo dpkg -i cedega_5.0.1_i386.deb

Thanks
 

hello,
it went very well thanks to you. Brilliant, there were a few dep problems, but synaptic sorted them.
Again, many thanks. steve.

No problem :)