Well there you go, Matt. I am unfamiliar with those. I am such an MS person. I don't use manual commands other than MS, so this doesn't help me. I use the GUI which is just clicks and I don't do much command line as I don't have to load up the getting older can't remember all this stuff, type of activity.
73, Bill K9YEQ -----Original Message----- From: Matt Zilmer [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2012 4:45 PM To: Bill K9YEQ Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Firmware upgrades using Ubuntu 12.04 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
