how to use command promt in ubuntu

kittysacattack · 04-23-2008, 05:56 AM

I see to install some softare, there is bunch of commands. How do i know if its several commands or one long one. What do i do, write the line, then press enter? Then it asks for my password, but i can no longer type anything?

brian · 04-23-2008, 06:01 AM

give us the code you need to ented dirrectly copied from the site.

patrickv · 04-23-2008, 06:03 AM

yes most times you will need to authenticate as root to install programs.
the command is :
sudo apt-get install program

kittysacattack · 04-23-2008, 06:16 AM

wget http://ftp.yi.se/pub/software/videol...2.8-1_i386.deb -c
wget http://ftp.yi.se/pub/software/videol...2.8-1_i386.deb -c
sudo dpkg -i *.deb

it later says sudo enter passord michael
but it wont let me type anything

patrickv · 04-23-2008, 06:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kittysacattack

wget http://ftp.yi.se/pub/software/videol...2.8-1_i386.deb -c
wget http://ftp.yi.se/pub/software/videol...2.8-1_i386.deb -c
sudo dpkg -i *.deb

it later says sudo enter passord michael
but it wont let me type anything

geez man, this is just a deb file, am pretty sure you downloaded it onto your desktop.
now in termial just use the cd command and move to your desktop.
from there do :
dpkg -i libdvdcss2-dev_1.2.8-1_i386.deb

the file name is too long just rename it to libdvdcss

kittysacattack · 04-23-2008, 06:31 AM

all i really want to do is install libdvdcss any way i can. Ive been working on this for 5 hours, asking questions and looking around, and nothing makes sense to me. I just saw someone said to install the program that way. I downloaded it also ,but dont know how to install it.

patrickv · 04-23-2008, 06:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kittysacattack

all i really want to do is install libdvdcss any way i can. Ive been working on this for 5 hours, asking questions and looking around, and nothing makes sense to me. I just saw someone said to install the program that way. I downloaded it also ,but dont know how to install it.

so it's on your desktop then ? right-click on it, in the right-click menu there's bound to be an "install" command !!

04-23-2008, 05:56 AM	#1 (permalink)
kittysacattack Silver Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 140	how to use command promt in ubuntu I see to install some softare, there is bunch of commands. How do i know if its several commands or one long one. What do i do, write the line, then press enter? Then it asks for my password, but i can no longer type anything?

04-23-2008, 06:01 AM	#2 (permalink)
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04-23-2008, 06:16 AM	#4 (permalink)
kittysacattack Silver Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 140	wget http://ftp.yi.se/pub/software/videol...2.8-1_i386.deb -c wget http://ftp.yi.se/pub/software/videol...2.8-1_i386.deb -c sudo dpkg -i *.deb it later says sudo enter passord michael but it wont let me type anything

04-23-2008, 06:31 AM	#6 (permalink)
kittysacattack Silver Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 140	all i really want to do is install libdvdcss any way i can. Ive been working on this for 5 hours, asking questions and looking around, and nothing makes sense to me. I just saw someone said to install the program that way. I downloaded it also ,but dont know how to install it.