When is the next workshop meeting? Should Alan just bring his pc there?
On 8/30/06, Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 14:07:42 +1200 Christopher Sawtell wrote: > On Wednesday 30 August 2006 13:49, Nick Rout wrote: > > On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 13:20:29 +1200 > > > > Alan wrote: > > > I am trying to install minicom at present..... now I have had a look at > > > the dpkg info and I am sorry tosay I am a little confused as to what I > > > should actually be using. > > > I tried dpkg -i /minicom* > > > > this will only work if minicom is installed in the / directory (which it > > shouldn't be) > > > > go to the directory where the minicom deb file is stored and type: > > > > dpkg -i minic > > > > then hit the tab key, you may need to hit it more than once, it will > > complete the file name (assuming you don't have more than one filename > > starting with the letters "minic" > > > > > also the full minicom file name and it > > > wouldnt take it so gess I was either doing something wrong there or is > > > it that it is a .deb file that I sould actually be doing something else?? > > > > No it is exactly the same as when you last installed a .deb file. > > He should be the root user, I wonder if he is? He doesn't say. > > -- > CS Without Alan waking up to the fact that he needs to tell us the actual ouptut from his commands, and someone teaching him how to either redirect the output, or cut and paste it to a file and then into an email message, we are not likely to be able to diagnose much more. -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
