On Tuesday 26 May 2015 13:38:23 Peter Merchant wrote: > I downloaded the script as Terry did, but didn't get the plug-ins. > > |peterm@peterm-34204H:~/Software$ ./get_iplayer -u > > get_iplayer v2.92, Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Phil Lewis > This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use > --warranty. > This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under > certain > conditions; use --conditions for details. > > ERROR: get_iplayer was installed using the 'apt' package manager. Please > refer to the package manager documentation. > peterm@peterm-34204H:~/Software$ > > ------------- > Yes, at one point I did that. Muon shows get_iplayer not installed, > apt-get remove says it can't find it, and also that get-iplayer is not > installed so can't be removed. > > I think my computer is confused. Note that I had rebooted before running > this command, after Terry's comment. > > Any suggestions?
What happens if you type sudo apt-get update? I find this usually fixes things when apt gets confused. Also, I presume you installed as per the wiki? (https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/manual#manual-cli)[1] -- Terry Coles -------- [1] https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/manual#manual-cli -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2015-06-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:[email protected] / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
