Anyone work with PC BSD?

[N1LAF]

What about Ubuntu is "painful"? From my experience, its about as un-painful as OS's go (With a few exceptions, such as Xastir and soundmodem being "less than good to go").

Not as simple and easy as in Mac or Windows software installation. It's the initial learning curve I am dealing with. In Windows, install is as easy as a double-click and it is installed. In Ubuntu, there were a series of terminal command line stuff, a couple tries before it installed, and have no idea where it installed. When I have more free time this winter, and maybe with some help with knowledgeable Islanders, like Luke and yourself, I will get the hang of Ubuntu.

[N1LAF]

you can install wine in ubuntu also..

I'll find it and download it, but will need a little help with installation...

[KC2UGV]

Not as simple and easy as in Mac or Windows software installation. It's the initial learning curve I am dealing with. In Windows, install is as easy as a double-click and it is installed. In Ubuntu, there were a series of terminal command line stuff, a couple tries before it installed, and have no idea where it installed. When I have more free time this winter, and maybe with some help with knowledgeable Islanders, like Luke and yourself, I will get the hang of Ubuntu.

Uh, did you try Synaptic for installing software? No command line work there. And, if the vendor/supplier supplies a *.deb file, you just double click on it. You only need the cli if you are compiling packages (Few and far between with Ubuntu).

As for "where" it's installed: If it's a system management package, it's binaries are in /usr/sbin, it's shared files are in /usr/share, and regular programs are in /usr/bin, /usr/share for it's shared files.

A package you build? It's goes in /usr/local

[KC2UGV]

I'll find it and download it, but will need a little help with installation...

* <ALT><F2>
* type "gksudo synaptic"
* Enter your password in the window that shows up
* Now, in the search box, type "wine"
* Now, click on the package name, and select "Select for install"
* Now click "Apply"

It's now installed :)

[N1LAF]

Went to Ubuntu Software center, found wine2.0-dev, click on Install-Free, and it failed

[W4GPL]

By all means, be less detailed in how/why it failed.. ;)

Thank god you didn't download Fedora. Ubuntu literally spoon feeds their users..

[N1LAF]

* <ALT><F2>
* type "gksudo synaptic"
* Enter your password in the window that shows up
* Now, in the search box, type "wine"
* Now, click on the package name, and select "Select for install"
* Now click "Apply"

It's now installed :)

Did this....
Except failure of some downloads, incomplete download, etc... what the heck is this? Is it going to work?

[N1LAF]

By all means, be less detailed in how/why it failed.. ;)

Thank god you didn't download Fedora. Ubuntu literally spoon feeds their users..

Is there a way to copy/paste from dialog boxes?

[N1LAF]

By all means, be less detailed in how/why it failed.. ;)

Thank god you didn't download Fedora. Ubuntu literally spoon feeds their users..

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OK, found another dialog box underneath.... it supports copy/paste...

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/...tu3.1_i386.deb
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.31 80]


W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/...tu3.1_i386.deb
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W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/...tu3.1_i386.deb
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.31 80]


W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/...ntu3.1_all.deb
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.31 80]


W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/...tu3.1_i386.deb
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.31 80]


W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/...tu3.1_i386.deb
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.31 80]

[N1LAF]

I copied a simple Windows app, selected "Open with wine program loader..." a dialog box flashes on the screen and disappears, program doesn't run....

Are you sure Wine does things? So far... fail, but I want to see success....