ubuntu 10.04 lts help

[josev]

hello to all
i've done so much reading my eyes are cross eye i've install ubuntu 10.04 lts it is working fine
i've downloaded the dsd-1.4.1-src.tar and mbelib-1.2.3-src.tar to the desktop when i open up terminal
and type this =
mkdir src
mv ~/Desktop/*.tar ~/src
cd src
tar -xvf mbelib-1.1-src.tar
tar -xvf mbelib-1.1.tar.gz
cd mbelib-1.1/
make
sudo make install
cd ~/src
tar -xvf dsd-1.2-src.tar
tar -xvf dsd-1.2.tar.gz
cd dsd-1.2/
make
sudo make install

i get this error mesage and then the 2 files dissapear from my desk top
jose@ubuntu:~$ mkdir src
mkdir: cannot create directory `src': File exists
jose@ubuntu:~$ mv ~/Desktop/*.tar ~/src
jose@ubuntu:~$ cd src
jose@ubuntu:~/src$ tar -xvf mbelib-1.1-src.tar
tar: mbelib-1.1-src.tar: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
jose@ubuntu:~/src$ tar -xvf mbelib-1.1.tar.gz
tar: mbelib-1.1.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
jose@ubuntu:~/src$ cd mbelib-1.1/
bash: cd: mbelib-1.1/: No such file or directory
jose@ubuntu:~/src$ make
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
jose@ubuntu:~/src$ sudo make install
make: *** No rule to make target `install'. Stop.
jose@ubuntu:~/src$ cd ~/src
jose@ubuntu:~/src$ tar -xvf dsd-1.2-src.tar
tar: dsd-1.2-src.tar: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
jose@ubuntu:~/src$ tar -xvf dsd-1.2.tar.gz
tar: dsd-1.2.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
jose@ubuntu:~/src$ cd dsd-1.2/
bash: cd: dsd-1.2/: No such file or directory
jose@ubuntu:~/src$ make
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
jose@ubuntu:~/src$ sudo make install

the src folder is in my jose-file browser do they need to bee somewhere else.??i've tried tomove them to the file system directory with no luck any guidance or advice is more than appreciated thanks

 

[UPMan]

Start over. Start by doing:

rm -r ~/src

(be careful with that command, it removes the src directory and any files in it. If you were to accidentally put the wrong directory here, you could permanently delete a lot of stuff.)
This will delete the stuff from your prior attempts.

Then, I would do a:

mkdir src
first, to create the target directory and download/save the files directly to that directory.

Back at the command prompt, do:

cd ~/src
ls -l

The 2nd command will list the contents of the directory you are now in (which should be the directory where you put the files). If the files aren't there, you cannot proceed. If any command gives you an error like you've shown above, you cannot proceed.

Every error in your original post are going to have resulted from the "tar" command failing. The error message there would indicate that the file(s) you are trying to extract from are not in the directory you are currently in.

 

[josev]

ok i know what i did wrong i went by the file name use in the cut and paste i wrote earlier it should of look like this been i'musing the updated files
cd src

then type tar -xvf mbelib-1.2.3-src.tar

next up, type tar -xvf mbelib-1.2.3.tar.gz

then cd mbelib-1.2.3/

then type "make" and it will build.

now we install with "sudo make install" and the mbelib part is done.

Next we do the same thing for dsd so we extract the dsd tar file and build it like this:-

cd ~/src

tar -xvf dsd-1.4.1-src.tar

tar -xvf dsd-1.4.1.tar.gz

cd dsd-1.4.1/

make

sudo make install

but now i'm stuck again because i can't or it won't let me put in my password look at what i get it just sits there i can't write anything.??

jose@ubuntu:~$ cd src
jose@ubuntu:~/src$ tar -xvf mbelib-1.2.3-src.tar
./mbelib-1.2.3.tar.gz
./mbelib-1.2.3.tar.gz.asc
jose@ubuntu:~/src$ tar -xvf mbelib-1.2.3.tar.gz
./mbelib-1.2.3/
./mbelib-1.2.3/README
./mbelib-1.2.3/CHANGELOG
./mbelib-1.2.3/mbelib.c
./mbelib-1.2.3/ambe3600x2250.c
./mbelib-1.2.3/imbe7200x4400.c
./mbelib-1.2.3/imbe7200x4400_const.h
./mbelib-1.2.3/COPYRIGHT
./mbelib-1.2.3/ecc_const.h
./mbelib-1.2.3/ambe3600x2250_const.h
./mbelib-1.2.3/Makefile
./mbelib-1.2.3/config.h
./mbelib-1.2.3/configure
./mbelib-1.2.3/mbelib_const.h
./mbelib-1.2.3/ecc.c
./mbelib-1.2.3/mbelib_Author.pgp
./mbelib-1.2.3/imbe7100x4400.c
./mbelib-1.2.3/mbelib.h
jose@ubuntu:~/src$ cd mbelib-1.2.3/
jose@ubuntu:~/src/mbelib-1.2.3$ make
make: Nothing to be done for `all'.
jose@ubuntu:~/src/mbelib-1.2.3$ sudo make install
[sudo] password for jose:

 

[UPMan]

When you set up the system, you would have been prompted to provide a password for administration. That is the password it is looking for.

To quickly try some passwords without having to go through the whole shebang again, just do:

"sudo cd"

"sudo" is a command that gives you "super user" privileges (lets you do anything, regardless of the other permissions set in the system). The "cd" command after that will just answer with the current directory you are in. You really don't need sudo privileges to do that command, but it is a safe one to use to try to figure out what password you should be using.

If you cannot remember that password...well, you pretty much have to reinstall Ubuntu to get past it.

 

[josev]

i know my password the problem is when it gets to this sudo password jose:
i can't or it won't let me type anything but if i hit enter it moves asking again but it just won't let me type my password when i get to that screen.??
ijust tried what you suggested and again the curso just sits there
sample
jose@ubuntu:~$ sudo cd
[sudo] password for jose: curso blinking and it won't let me type anything at all

When you set up the system, you would have been prompted to provide a password for administration. That is the password it is looking for.

To quickly try some passwords without having to go through the whole shebang again, just do:

"sudo cd"

"sudo" is a command that gives you "super user" privileges (lets you do anything, regardless of the other permissions set in the system). The "cd" command after that will just answer with the current directory you are in. You really don't need sudo privileges to do that command, but it is a safe one to use to try to figure out what password you should be using.

If you cannot remember that password...well, you pretty much have to reinstall Ubuntu to get past it.

 

[UPMan]

It is accepting your keystrokes. However, since it is a password you are entering it is not going to echo your keystrokes. Just type in the password "blind" and it should work.

 

[UPMan]

BTW: If you get past all this and have trouble with DSD someone else will have to step in. I'm very conversant with Ubuntu (and other flavors of Linux...I've been using Unix since 1981), but haven't ever played with DSD.

 

[josev]

ok i don't know what sudo cd did but i tried the install again and it went tru with no problems thanks for the advice/guidance.now here is another question i'm using a psr-600 do i use the the same programming cable usb cable i bought at rat shack.???

 

[UPMan]

Once you successfully sudo in a session, it won't subsequently ask for a password again during that session.

And now I'm double out of here (DSD and a competitor's product).

 

[josev]

thanks for the quick replies and suggestion UPMAN

 

[ilgrant]

You could thank him by purchasing a Uniden scanner. <grin>