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how do you install deb files on ubuntu? :o
Find a repository where the program can be found and then use Synaptic.
Synaptic takes care of all the dependency problems.
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Find a repository where the program can be found and then use Synaptic.
Synaptic takes care of all the dependency problems.
:rolleyes:
:1popcorn:
interesting! :D
you're a true nerd now, you know about linux!
but I cant use synaptic because the deb does not exist in any repository yet.
sorry my nerd intelligence has been exhausted.
Please try again later
:1popcorn:
sorry my nerd intelligence has been exhausted.
Please try again later
:1popcorn:
who u been pinching all this nerd info from eh? :rubeyes:
.: Rashid :.
15-12-06, 07:21 PM
Find a repository where the program can be found and then use Synaptic.
Synaptic takes care of all the dependency problems.
:rolleyes:
:1popcorn:
:rubeyes:
lol nami save the file to your desktop then open a terminal and do
sudo dpkg -i filename.deb
btw what is it? You may run into some dependency problems dunno depends on what it is...if its a proper app then im sure theres some sort of repo out there somewhere?? You can jus add it to your sources.list
BTW its a LOT easier in Kubuntu...you just right click > install ;) Switch to Kubuntu...you're life will improve :p
-Rashid
if ur on ubuntu, then just double click on the DEB.
if it doesn't install "smoothly" its probably because that deb you have isn't a ubuntu deb, but a debian deb =]
remember, ubuntu is NOT 100% debian compatible. see if a ubuntu deb is available, if not, grab the sources and configure/make/install that joint...
and if u decide to take that path, I point you to brotha rashid :coolbro:
(cuz i HATE compiling stuff and frankly I refuse to do it myself)
.: Rashid :.
16-12-06, 12:39 AM
if ur on ubuntu, then just double click on the DEB.
if it doesn't install "smoothly" its probably because that deb you have isn't a ubuntu deb, but a debian deb =]
remember, ubuntu is NOT 100% debian compatible. see if a ubuntu deb is available, if not, grab the sources and configure/make/install that joint...
and if u decide to take that path, I point you to brotha rashid :coolbro:
(cuz i HATE compiling stuff and frankly I refuse to do it myself)
lol :p
personally i hate it too but if you really need to feel free to ask :)
yeah...i ended up not sleepin :rubeyes:
-Rashid
(cuz i HATE compiling stuff and frankly I refuse to do it myself)
Really? There is something strangely satisfying about ./configure;make;make install.
Reminds me of the good old days. Like comfort food.
(I know, that's completely irrational)
lol :p
personally i hate it too but if you really need to feel free to ask :)
yeah...i ended up not sleepin :rubeyes:
-Rashid
lol. i'mgonna not sleep tonight aswell. I think i'll stay up till fajr, do fajr and then hit the sack. I'm trying to finish all my school assignments by tonight (only have 1 thing to do left!) so that I can rest this weekend in PEACE.
Really? There is something strangely satisfying about ./configure;make;make install.
Reminds me of the good old days. Like comfort food.
(I know, that's completely irrational)
I know many, many users like to compile apps, but I had some fatal experiences that drove me crazy. I went through quite a few dependency hell during the knoppix 3.2 days (my first forray into linux) and while many things did work, many also didn't. I remember trying to compile some app from sourceforge...oh man.... after 3 hours I gave up. I tried asking for help in one of the irc channels over at freenode and some dude was picking on me :(
but for people that know their stuff, it works like a charm and they stick to it. i think alot of gentoo and slackware users are very comfortable with it. are you by any chance a user of either, or any source based distro?
are you by any chance a user of either, or any source based distro?
Not any more. I started using slackware in 93 but then switched to redhat fairly early on.
Nowadays I use OS X and Solaris 95% of the time it seems. I use ubuntu also for some things, like MythTV.
Refugee
16-12-06, 12:33 PM
sorry my nerd intelligence has been exhausted.
Please try again later
:1popcorn:
Please reboot your system then
trying to install beryl is taking ages... first i have to install the nvidia drivers...
how do you take a screenshot of beryl when you have the 3d desktop rotating?
anyway, got all the transparent, bluring effects working, along with the twinview! :D
.: Rashid :.
18-12-06, 07:24 PM
beryl on 2 19" screens... :shock:
hmm what connection you on? i found gettin beryl quite easy...just a case of getting nvidia-glx, nvidia-xconfig, copy and pasting summin into xorg.conf and copy and pasting another list of stuff for beryl...well, relatively easy :p
It is awesome though... ;)
And it depends what version your using...with KDE I use ksnapshot to do screenshots of things like that. Holding down super (winkey) then draggin with left mouse button does region shots but you cant do that with the 3d...
Print and alt+print are supposed to work but they dont for me :(
have you tried recording? i tried with xvidcap and istanbul but i get like 3fps :(
Mace, what do you use solaris for? im surprised anyone uses it :p i mean...what advantages it have over linux? any specific reason for using it?
-Rashid
Mace, what do you use solaris for? im surprised anyone uses it :p i mean...what advantages it have over linux? any specific reason for using it?
-Rashid
1.) Java performs very well on it. And java is well supported obviously on it. This is critical for the work I do.
2.) I can deploy my work to our big solaris boxes at work without any fuss. Not that going back and forth from linux is that big a deal. But I'm lazy. ;)
3.) Some of the native libs I work with are much better supported on solaris than linux.
4.) ZFS is the coolest FS on the planet by far. I love that thing.
5.) Zones are very, very cool, too. And very, very stable.
BTW, I just got the latest build of Leopard (the next version of OS X) and it supports ZFS!!! I was so excited I jumped out of bed when I realized that. My wife thinks I'm hopeless.
.: Rashid :.
19-12-06, 04:50 PM
LOL :D
so...whats better about zfs compared to say ext3 or reiser?
what are zones? :S
and yir leopard looks awesome :D so...bein rich an all, if you ever feel like donating some cash towards a new Macbook for me...y'know... ;)
-Rashid
*nerd ovadose*
:1popcorn:
.: Rashid :.
19-12-06, 07:20 PM
eemaan...feel like donatin? :help:
i should set up a paypal account...the Buy Rashid a MacBook (pro :D) Fund :up:
-Rashid
eemaan...feel like donatin? :help:
i should set up a paypal account...the Buy Rashid a MacBook (pro :D) Fund :up:
-Rashid
bro of course i would akhi, of course inshallah :up:
anything to encourage your wonderful mind, im ure number one fan remember :inlove:
.: Rashid :.
19-12-06, 07:32 PM
bro of course i would akhi, of course inshallah :up:
anything to encourage your wonderful mind, im ure number one fan remember :inlove:
excellent :D :D
insha'Allah :D
-Rashid
umme ahmed
19-12-06, 07:34 PM
sorry my nerd intelligence has been exhausted.
Please try again later
:1popcorn:
hehehe
beryl on 2 19" screens... :shock:
hmm what connection you on? i found gettin beryl quite easy...just a case of getting nvidia-glx, nvidia-xconfig, copy and pasting summin into xorg.conf and copy and pasting another list of stuff for beryl...well, relatively easy :p
It is awesome though... ;)
And it depends what version your using...with KDE I use ksnapshot to do screenshots of things like that. Holding down super (winkey) then draggin with left mouse button does region shots but you cant do that with the 3d...
Print and alt+print are supposed to work but they dont for me :(
have you tried recording? i tried with xvidcap and istanbul but i get like 3fps :(
Mace, what do you use solaris for? im surprised anyone uses it :p i mean...what advantages it have over linux? any specific reason for using it?
-Rashid
who needs vista when you can have this for free! :D
http://img482.imageshack.us/img482/3613/screenshotra5.jpg
bro Rashid, what do you mean by "connection"?
who needs vista when you can have this for free! :D
http://img482.imageshack.us/img482/3613/screenshotra5.jpg
bro Rashid, what do you mean by "connection"?
:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: nami you nerrrrrrrrrd!
:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: nami you nerrrrrrrrrd!
I thought we already agreed that I'm no nerd! :p
.: Rashid :.
19-12-06, 08:23 PM
who needs vista when you can have this for free! :D
http://img482.imageshack.us/img482/3613/screenshotra5.jpg
bro Rashid, what do you mean by "connection"?
lol yir i know bro...beryl rocks :up:
:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: nami you nerrrrrrrrrd!
so you agree...linux with compiz/beryl is awesome? :D
-Rashid
I thought we already agreed that I'm no nerd! :p
we never settled that one actually :torture:
so you agree...linux with compiz/beryl is awesome? :D
-Rashid
errr....yeah.....:confused: totally awesome an' all that ....
Rashid bro, figured it out from ubuntuforums. You simply let go of ctrl+alt while in 3D Desktop mode, and it allows you to click printscreen to take a screenshot. :)
http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/2520/screenshotde4.jpg
.: Rashid :.
19-12-06, 09:09 PM
but that dont work for me :(
is it cos im on kubuntu?
pressing printscreen does nothing for me...if i then ctrl+v the desktop it lets me make up a filename but its usually like 120b big and jus the text i had on my clipboard :(
-Rashid
but that dont work for me :(
is it cos im on kubuntu?
pressing printscreen does nothing for me...if i then ctrl+v the desktop it lets me make up a filename but its usually like 120b big and jus the text i had on my clipboard :(
-Rashid
oh, it must be kubuntu then, i'm using ubuntu as you can probably tell, i prefer gnome over kde for some reason...
.: Rashid :.
19-12-06, 09:57 PM
oh, it must be kubuntu then, i'm using ubuntu as you can probably tell, i prefer gnome over kde for some reason...
:torture:
KDE is better. KDE is better. KDE is better.
^^ read the above over a few times :up:
-Rashid
:torture:
KDE is better. KDE is better. KDE is better.
^^ read the above over a few times :up:
-Rashid
I said that 3 times, but i still like gnome better! :p
.: Rashid :.
19-12-06, 10:26 PM
:torture:
take that treatment until you realise KDE is, in fact, superior :up:
-Rashid
First of all, Rashid, let me add that you need a MacBook Pro. The new Core2Duo one is awesome! (That's what I'm using right now)
Two:
ZFS is *way* cool. Here is an overview. Watch it all way through if you have time. It get's better and better...
http://www.sun.com/software/media/real/zfs_learningcenter/high_bandwidth.html
And some simple examples:
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/zfs/demos/;jsessionid=775450DC344F873F5ABE3B1DC85D6181
Think reliability, fault detection, performance and flexibility beyond expensive (hardware) RAID 5 without the write hole. With just a generic JBOD.
And constant time snapshots are so slick. I'll try to find a better demo of that. That's the coolest part.
Another link:
I am SO glad Apple is doing this.
http://www.sun.com/2004-0914/feature/
I said that 3 times, but i still like gnome better! :p
:up: way to go brotha...
i like gnome better too. KDE is better integrated but gnome is more natural for me. I guess it's probably because I got used to ubuntu way before kubuntu ever came out. and even when kubuntu did come out, it wasn't as well developed as ubuntu was. Even now, kubuntu will spit out problems here and there. I think if anyone wants a good KDE distro, they should check out knoppix. I always had a blast with that...
:up: way to go brotha...
i like gnome better too. KDE is better integrated but gnome is more natural for me. I guess it's probably because I got used to ubuntu way before kubuntu ever came out. and even when kubuntu did come out, it wasn't as well developed as ubuntu was. Even now, kubuntu will spit out problems here and there. I think if anyone wants a good KDE distro, they should check out knoppix. I always had a blast with that...
Yeah, I gotta say I prefer gnome, too. More natural for a Mac or Solaris user.
Yeah, I gotta say I prefer gnome, too. More natural for a Mac or Solaris user.
Solaris pre-JDS was running on CDE right? I always found that to be a ugly but somehow pleasing interface. Same with NeXT... But anyway, JDS is built on gnome no? Maybe that's why it's "natural" for a solaris user?
OSX on the other hand has more ties to KDE (right?). After all, safari is built on KDE's KHTML with some modifications (webcore). OSX widgets will also be 100% compatible with KDE4. And I'm not sure if this is a rumor or if i'm just hullicinating but isn't the KDE team also working on a Quartz equivalent for KDE?
I think the first linux I ever tried was mandrake 7. It came with both kde and gnome. I tried kde first because i liked all the screenshots I saw. When it loaded I was impressed but noticed that it was not very nice to use. Things were not where I was expecting them to be.
Then I logged out and chose gnome. I thought this looks rubbish, but I was able to find everything so easily, everything seemed to be more logical.
After that I never looked back at kde again. :)
I tried fedora and thought it was better than mandrake but the communitiy was not very beginner friendly. I tried gentoo, couldn't figure out how to install it :D. then tried ubuntu ubuntu and thought "this is the best alrounder". i actually like fedora better than ubuntu, but ubuntus comunity is something else.
Solaris pre-JDS was running on CDE right? I always found that to be a ugly but somehow pleasing interface. Same with NeXT... But anyway, JDS is built on gnome no? Maybe that's why it's "natural" for a solaris user?
OSX on the other hand has more ties to KDE (right?). After all, safari is built on KDE's KHTML with some modifications (webcore). OSX widgets will also be 100% compatible with KDE4. And I'm not sure if this is a rumor or if i'm just hullicinating but isn't the KDE team also working on a Quartz equivalent for KDE?
Yes, JDS is built on Gnome, which is exactly why it's "natural" for me.
OS X (specifically Quartz) is not really related to anything on Linux (except for the net browser as you mentioned). But in terms of general layout I think it's more "like" Gnome, if that makes sense. But I think it's more that the gnome developers are more inspired by the Mac developers rather than the other way around. Whereas the KDE guys seem to be making something that would be more comfortable for Windows users who are switching to linux.
But Quartz of course and the Cocoa framework are very directly related to NeXTstep which predates all of this linux UI stuff.
.: Rashid :.
20-12-06, 07:48 PM
First of all, Rashid, let me add that you need a MacBook Pro. The new Core2Duo one is awesome! (That's what I'm using right now)
Two:
ZFS is *way* cool. Here is an overview. Watch it all way through if you have time. It get's better and better...
http://www.sun.com/software/media/real/zfs_learningcenter/high_bandwidth.html
And some simple examples:
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/zfs/demos/;jsessionid=775450DC344F873F5ABE3B1DC85D6181
Think reliability, fault detection, performance and flexibility beyond expensive (hardware) RAID 5 without the write hole. With just a generic JBOD.
And constant time snapshots are so slick. I'll try to find a better demo of that. That's the coolest part.
you're right, i need one. So...how much ya feel like sendin? :D :D
cheers for the links :up:
i watched the first 2 videos on the first link...have to say after the second one got bored and gave up :p
it sounds cool though, i can certainly understand why big businesses etc would get excited about it. Personally, iv never had a problem with my home computer's filesystem (damn sod's law... :p) so probably wouldnt appreciate ZFS but it definitely sounds better.
and i dont get the snapshot thing...is that like a recovery thing...like a backup?
:up: way to go brotha...
i like gnome better too. KDE is better integrated but gnome is more natural for me. I guess it's probably because I got used to ubuntu way before kubuntu ever came out. and even when kubuntu did come out, it wasn't as well developed as ubuntu was. Even now, kubuntu will spit out problems here and there. I think if anyone wants a good KDE distro, they should check out knoppix. I always had a blast with that...
the first linux distro i used was Suse...which was KDE (or kde was pre-selected) so i guess its sort of the same for me...im used to KDE.
But i tried gnome also with ubuntu and personally i just didnt like it...i dont like KDE's default settings so i wanted to change them...open up KControl, fiddle around with some stuff till i get what i want an im set. I didnt like gnome's defaults when i used it...i tried to get what i wanted...NO!! not allowed apparently :rolleyes:
I prefer KDE because it is so much more customisable...plus i find its faster in some ways...and for me it looks prettier :D
Yeah, I gotta say I prefer gnome, too. More natural for a Mac or Solaris user.
Really!? In KDE you can get the Mac-style bar along the top (in fact i have it like that...much prefer it. Fitts law or something like that) you can get Baghira which basically makes it look exactly like Mac OS X if you so wished... but then, comparing a Mac to KDE... hmm
iv never had a Mac before...about the learning curve... learning how to use linux was actually quite easy for me...whereas when i go on my mate's mac quite a lot of it seems alien an im just not used to it...an despite being relatively young my ability to learn things quickly is quickly disappearing :p
everything sounds logical i guess when someone says it to some extent whereas my logic isn't the same as anyone elses :p
for example...to customise the dock, i would right click on the dock and go to "customise" or "settings" or something. In mac you click the apple button in the top left and go to Dock > blah blah blah :scratch:
-Rashid
Rashid- i wanna be a nerd like you :crying2: will you teach me?
But i tried gnome also with ubuntu and personally i just didnt like it...i dont like KDE's default settings so i wanted to change them...open up KControl, fiddle around with some stuff till i get what i want an im set. I didnt like gnome's defaults when i used it...i tried to get what i wanted...NO!! not allowed apparently :rolleyes:
I prefer KDE because it is so much more customisable...plus i find its faster in some ways...and for me it looks prettier :D
gnome + sled's menu = :up:
.: Rashid :.
20-12-06, 08:09 PM
Rashid- i wanna be a nerd like you :crying2: will you teach me?
im afraid you have to learn the long way :( you cant be a genuine nerd without doing essential nerdy things like installing linux, liking linux etc ;)
gnome + sled = :up:
whats sled? :S
-Rashid
i watched the first 2 videos on the first link...have to say after the second one got bored and gave up :p
Get back to it when you get a chance. This stuff is a major change in how FS's are designed. From a technology perspective, it's a major, major advance. But you have to get through the videos to totally get it, and it's gets better and better if you get deeper into it. It helps if you understand how traditional file systems work under the hood. (By the way, this will add a ton to your nerd street cred. ;))
and i dont get the snapshot thing...is that like a recovery thing...like a backup?
Much cooler. Imagine being able to restore your whole filesystem to the way it was last Tues afternoon before you moved those files around or deleted them. Oh, that didn't work? OK, just fast forward to Wed morning. How does that look? Imagine every single file AND it's location versioned transparently on your drive. Want to restore your .profile from, say, 4 days ago but you forgot to check it in to svn? No problem.
Because ZFS snapshots are so space efficient and constant time this becomes completely practical even on laptop class storage. Apple calls this "time machine" and it's part of Leopard.
And it's not a case of just taking backups. That would be very inefficient and slow. You couldn't do that periodically all day long like you can with ZFS snaps.
whats sled? :S
sled's menu = the new style menu system in opensuse.
sled = suse linux enterprise desktop
its now available in ubuntu's repository. i would have taken a screenshot but the screenshot button does not work with it visible so heres a bad quality camera shot...
http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/8258/dsc00847bm4.jpg
Rashid- i wanna be a nerd like you :crying2: will you teach me?
but you are a nerd! :up:
.: Rashid :.
20-12-06, 10:00 PM
Get back to it when you get a chance. This stuff is a major change in how FS's are designed. From a technology perspective, it's a major, major advance. But you have to get through the videos to totally get it, and it's gets better and better if you get deeper into it. It helps if you understand how traditional file systems work under the hood. (By the way, this will add a ton to your nerd street cred. )
lol yeah insha'Allah will do...im immensely tired atm for some reason :rubeyes: lack of sleep *yawn*
Much cooler. Imagine being able to restore your whole filesystem to the way it was last Tues afternoon before you moved those files around or deleted them. Oh, that didn't work? OK, just fast forward to Wed morning. How does that look? Imagine every single file AND it's location versioned transparently on your drive. Want to restore your .profile from, say, 4 days ago but you forgot to check it in to svn? No problem.
Because ZFS snapshots are so space efficient and constant time this becomes completely practical even on laptop class storage. Apple calls this "time machine" and it's part of Leopard.
lol i was about to say, that sounds just like time machine :p (except time machine looks a lot cooler than the zfs snapshot command in the video :D)
so...how does it actually work? Does it log all the actions it makes and undo/redo them when you revert?
And hows security for stuff like that...reminds me of windows recovery which i DETEST. When I delete something, i often want it to be permanently deleted...what if i wanna do that? Also how much extra space does something like that take?? I imagine itd be quite a lot...if i delete a 1.2GB video file but later want to revert to it...?
sled's menu = the new style menu system in opensuse.
sled = suse linux enterprise desktop
its now available in ubuntu's repository. i would have taken a screenshot but the screenshot button does not work with it visible so heres a bad quality camera shot...
yeah akhi did a wiki/google search...sled seems cool :up: does it actually come with xgl+compiz pre-installed? surprisingly i quite like the look of it...and the "start" menu...is it free?
btw you said its in the ubuntu repos, whats it called??
i was sort of considerin doing an aptitude install ubuntu-desktop but hmm...
-Rashid
yeah akhi did a wiki/google search...sled seems cool :up: does it actually come with xgl+compiz pre-installed? surprisingly i quite like the look of it...and the "start" menu...is it free?
btw you said its in the ubuntu repos, whats it called??
i was sort of considerin doing an aptitude install ubuntu-desktop but hmm...
-Rashid
i did the following to install it
sudo apt-get install gnome-main-menu
I read on a site that its called Uslab in synaptic but that didnt work for me.
.: Rashid :.
30-12-06, 11:41 AM
i did ubuntu-desktop but it hijacked by dm (made gdm default when i explicitly said make kdm default :rolleyes: and there was no /etc/X11/default-whatsit in sight :()
theres a SLAB equivalent for KDE called Kickoff (http://home.kde.org/~binner/kickoff/sneak_preview.html) (animation) its very good...needs more work an thought though IMHO. Its quite slow etc atm...
-Rashid
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