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DistortedEyes
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installing programs on linux?(ubuntustudio)
#7389384 - 09/09/07 07:23 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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I need to install ndiswrapper so ican get my wireless connection to work but i've got no idea how to do it as i'm used to the windows .exe files.
how do i install programs in linux, i'm using ubuntu studio
do i have to type stuff into the command line thing?, where can i learn to do this?
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Edited by DistortedEyes (09/09/07 07:28 PM)
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Re: installing programs on linux?(ubuntustudio) [Re: DistortedEyes]
#7389527 - 09/09/07 08:03 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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well download ndiswrapper
then open a command line (terminal) and cd to whereever you downloaded the file to; i.e
cd /home/distortedeyes/
then extract it; if its .tar.gz:
tar -zxvf ndiswrapper.tar.gz
if its .tar.bz2
tar -xvjpf ndiswrapper.tar.bz2
then cd to the ndiswrapper directory
cd ndiswrapper
then configure and make;
./configure make
then become root to install it;
sudo make install (if this doesn't work try: su make install)
then ndiswrapper will be installed on your system.
Next thing is to get it to work with your drivers:
Put your drivers somewhere like /home/myname/.windrivers
and then to install them use; sudo ndiswrapper -i /home/myname/.windrivers/*drivername*.inf
then do sudo ndiswrapper -l to check that your driver installed successfully
Next thing to do is to load it into the kernel; modprobe ndiswrapper
Now to bring up your wireless network; iwconfig wlan0 essid *youressidhere*
ifconfig wlan0 up dhcpcd wlan0
Providing you don't have a wireless password; that should work.
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Re: installing programs on linux?(ubuntustudio) [Re: DistortedEyes]
#7389530 - 09/09/07 08:04 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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and if that wasn't thorough enough / you want more explanation / further configuration google setting up ndiswrapper on ubuntu.
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Re: installing programs on linux?(ubuntustudio) [Re: DistortedEyes]
#7389568 - 09/09/07 08:13 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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open a terminal: applications -> accessories -> terminal
type: sudo apt-get install ndisgtk
enter password
done
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Re: installing programs on linux?(ubuntustudio) [Re: automan]
#7389576 - 09/09/07 08:14 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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gay package managers.
Package managers will make all the noobs incompetent with linux
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Re: installing programs on linux?(ubuntustudio) [Re: Cepheus]
#7389611 - 09/09/07 08:25 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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you have a gentoo banner in your signature... doesnt it use a package manager called portage?
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Re: installing programs on linux?(ubuntustudio) [Re: automan]
#7389622 - 09/09/07 08:31 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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Not to say I use it (but of course I do).
I'm just saying a noob needs to be familiar with how to operate the system they want to use.. its like cars with automatic transmission, sure it makes life easier, but at the end of the day knowledge of manual and the use of manual, furthers and ameliorates your experience..
and besides portage > apt
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Re: installing programs on linux?(ubuntustudio) [Re: Cepheus]
#7389677 - 09/09/07 08:48 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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while we are basically on the same page, i think enjoyment should come first in a new linux user's experience. telling them they arent doing things the right way because they dont do it the manual way is an elitist attitude that drives a lot of people away from linux.
my mother can't change the oil in her car. that doesnt mean that she shouldnt be able to drive cars. her priorities are just in different places.
take gentoo for example. while i, personally, think it is far superior to ubuntu for me, it may not be that way for other people. some people dont care how the rc system and user modes work. some people wont ever run servers or need to build programs with specialized configurations. they wont ever need to build specialized kernels or need to handle files from a terminal.
in gentoo, if you want to make a program fire up earlier in the boot process do you manually move it from one rc directory to another? probably not. i imagine you: rc-update add program boot. let the automation handle it, which is good. that is something gentoo does right. debain (and therefore ubuntu) have a tool called update-rc that does the same thing.
in gentoo if you wanted ndisgtk, you would have done: emerge -av ndisgtk then answered yes if there was no conflict.
in ubuntu you would: apt-get install ndisgtk then answered yes if appropriate.
apt is a tool in debian/ubuntu, emerge is a tool in gentoo. rc-update is a tool in gentoo. update-rc is a tool in debian/ubuntu.
to each his own. i just think people should be more supportive of people taking the plunge into linux instead of pushing their own bias on others.
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Re: installing programs on linux?(ubuntustudio) [Re: DistortedEyes]
#7389707 - 09/09/07 08:54 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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looks like i've got some reading to do.
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Re: installing programs on linux?(ubuntustudio) [Re: DistortedEyes]
#7389729 - 09/09/07 09:00 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
DistortedEyes said: looks like i've got some reading to do.
DistortedEyes, if you want a graphical way to install it, go to: System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager
after it opens, click the button that says reload.
then click the search button and enter: ndisgtk
when you find it, put a check in the box next to it.
click apply. follow questions.
you have just installed ndisgtk
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Re: installing programs on linux?(ubuntustudio) [Re: DistortedEyes]
#7390493 - 09/10/07 01:21 AM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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I'm all for the general use of linux by the population, but the whole point in it is the fact that its an enthusiasts operating system. I know distrobutions like (k)ubuntu are bringing it to the masses, but I feel everyone who takes the plunge should at least try to understand what they're letting themselves in for.. and the various ways of doing things.
As you said, tools like rc-update (or vice versa) are brilliant, but I'd still expect the average hobbyist to have at least some idea what thats doing. Of course; as it is with anything new, theres a honeymoon period where you really don't have a clue (I remember I was the same all them years ago when I first installed slackware 8 ) but the sooner you start to tinker and play with things the better your experience of the operating system in general. Everything becomes so much easier, because you're not limited to the GUIs, and in lots of cases this will stimulate an interest in things like bash / perl/ python scripting.
I've always seen it as an OS for the average hobbyist to evolve on.. not just a windows alternative.
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