On Thu, 2006-04-27 at 19:55 +1200, Bernard wrote: > This is how i am putting the command in the terminal window > sudo apt-get install alien > > I would copy the terminal window to show the error messages but do not > know how to........... > > To copy from the terminal window just click (with left mouse button) at the beginning of what you're copying; drag to the end of what your copying; release the mouse button; position the cursor where you want to copy to (e.g. in the compose-message window in your e-mail client) and middle-click. Not at all obvious, but apparently standard Unix operating procedure.
Your command sudo apt-get install alien looks OK. Does the copy-and-paste above work for you? Let us see why your system is not happy with the command. =====Andrew
