That looks like a reply from the shell telling you it didn't match the filename.
That star looks funny. Are you sure that should be there? Re-check the filename of the .deb package you downloaded. On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 23:19:57 -0400 James Harkins <[email protected]> wrote: > So I downloaded the debian package from openoffice.org and (after > some digging) found a command in their pdf installation guide: > > sudo dpkg -i -force-overwrite openoffice.org*.deb desktop-integration/ > openoffice.org-debian-menus*.deb > > And it says (drum roll please): > > zsh: no matches found: openoffice.org*.deb > > Sorry if it's not appropriate to ask here. But, a lot of web pages > about installing it are ubuntu-specific and don't necessarily > translate easily to the different guis in p:d (or lack of guis, for > some things). > > I'm still not used to linux package systems yet. There is something > to be said for downloading a file, double-clicking it and having > stuff happen to install the software from there :) Or at least, > being able to find installation instructions on line that, you know, > work. > > James > > > : H. James Harkins > : [email protected] > : http://www.dewdrop-world.net > .::!:.:.......:.::........:..!.::.::...:..:...:.:.:.:..: > > "Come said the Muse, > Sing me a song no poet has yet chanted, > Sing me the universal." -- Whitman > > -- ----------------------------------------------------------- Sent from my 3 (http://three.co.uk) mobile broadband Third world internet for a first world economy. * 20 bytes/second * 99% packet loss * 60 second latency All for only £20/month (Odious and predatory terms apply) --- [email protected] http://identi.ca/group/puredyne irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne
