Ok, Maybe I am an idiot but here goes... I just installed Kubuntu and have been trying to access my other partitions so i can delete some unwanted files and save some others but each time i try to access them i am getting a message that reads dbus-send needs administrative privilages. i enter my password and get a message stating "Unable to run the command specified. The file or folder file:// does not exist." Is there a way to fix this? Also is there a way to install programs without using command prompt? ( No .exe files right??) Most info i have found online just goes into commands and references "breeze" or other linux platforms. ok..... i guess thats it for now.,.. lol any helo is appreciated.
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Re: First time Linux user (HELP!!!) LOL
Hey we're here to help:
1. Are you using Konqueror or Dolphin? KDE 3 or KDE 4?
2. You can install programs using Adept, a graphical tool. I believe it's on the menu under "System". I personally install Synaptic because I just like it better, but they both do about the same thing.
3. Never heard of breeze, but then there's always something new out there.Dell Optiplex 580<br />Kubuntu 10.10 + backports
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Re: First time Linux user (HELP!!!) LOL
Is the partition mounted correctly?Originally posted by TechnologikIs the partition mounted correctly?
In the "K" menu, there is "Add/Remove programs"
You can also (from Command) type "sudo adept_installer" That will bring up the GUI interface
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Ok since apdept didnt want to install i tried it through command prompt and got the following message "The APT Database could not be opened! This may be caused by incorrect APT configuration or some similar problem. Try running apt-setup and apt-get update in terminal and see if it helps to resolve the problem." I tried the apt-setup command and it said command not found i did sudo apt-setup and it said kapture:kgsystem:kgstystem() and nothing after that....
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sudo get update gives me a command does not exist type error.... here is the source.list file
# deb cdrom:[Kubuntu-KDE4 8.04.1 _Hardy Heron_ - Release i386 (20080702)]/ hardy main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted
## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates universe
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates multiverse
## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository. This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is
## offered by Canonical and the respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu
## users.
# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu hardy partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu hardy partner
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security multiverse
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Re: First time Linux user (HELP!!!) LOL
Originally posted by grantsgrant@grant-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get update
E: Type '$' is not known on line 56 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list
this is what it did
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