Hi Bill, These are just csh or bash commands, not programming.
73, matt On Sat, 07 Jul 2012 16:10:18 -0500, you wrote: >Perhaps I missed it, but I am thinking we would rather have a simple GUI >with easier commands? I for one have no clue for programming but use Ubuntu >and shorter versions of Linux which don't require the programming language >which leaves me in a lurch. There is so much to know, so little time. Let >the devotees do the GUI for the mere mortals to use. I use Puppy off a USB >stick and it is so simple... just like me. NOT. :=# > >73, >Bill >K9YEQ > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kevin >Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2012 1:51 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Firmware upgrades using Ubuntu 12.04 > >Nothing cryptic about it. > >"sudo" allows users temporary "admin" or root user privi's to the system to >run commands or install software. When any user invokes sudo they will be >required to authenticate with user name and password. > >"chmod" is a *nix<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNIX_shell> command that lets >a user tell the system how much (or little) access it should permit to a >file or program.^<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chmod#cite_note-0> >It changes the file system modes of files and directories. The modes include >permissions. > >The 666 is octal notation for granting users, groups, and "others" read, >write, and execute permissions to the USB filesystem. > >"install apt-get" is a command used in all Debian based Linux distro's to >install software *and all known dependencies*. The program automatically >downloads and installs software from the Debian/Ubuntu repositories along >with dependencies and installs it. > > >In this case it installed the program cURL. > > >On 07/07/2012 11:56 AM, Brian Alsop wrote: >> I hope all versions of Ubuntu come with a super decoder ring so that >> mortals can make sense of these obviously encrypted commands. >> >> 73 de Brian/K3KO >> ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
