Stupid Linux (ubuntu) question...

[aphex]

How does one go about following the instructions here; LINK

?

my first foray into Linux... I realize it has to likely be done in Terminal, but when i type "deb http://www.telemail.fi/mlind/ubuntu feisty fonts" no luck...

its ok, you can laugh at me :beer:

 

[n0cmonkey]

Those look like entries for the apt configuration file, but I can't remember the name of the file. I don't have my Ubuntu machine booted up at the moment, so I can't check it out.

 

[Alone]

Open your terminal, then type

gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 937215FF && gpg --export --armor 937215FF | sudo apt-key add -

Then, paste this whole line into the terminal and hit enter.

sudo su && echo "deb http://www.telemail.fi/mlind/ubuntu feisty fonts" >> /etc/apt/sources.list && apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig-config && dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig

 

[aphex]

thanks! wow, i dunno if i'll ever be able to learn this

 

[Alone]

Originally posted by: aphex
thanks! wow, i dunno if i'll ever be able to learn this

All I did was combine commands with && (if it succeeds, do this). A little bit of trim and a couple little things here and there and it's all good. You'll get the hang of it soon, I didn't know a damn thing when I started.

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: aphex
thanks! wow, i dunno if i'll ever be able to learn this

It's pretty easy really.

sudo su && echo "deb http://www.telemail.fi/mlind/ubuntu feisty fonts" >> /etc/apt/sources.list && apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig-config && dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig


That's just a bunch of commands strung together with &&.

sudo su
That just makes the rest of the commands run as root.

echo "deb http://www.telemail.fi/mlind/ubuntu feisty fonts" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
echo just returns it's argument as output. The ">>" directs that output to the file /etc/apt/sources.list

Equivalently you can just open the /etc/apt/sources.list file with text editor such as gedit and then adding the line "deb http://www.telemail.fi/mlind/ubuntu feisty fonts" to the end of it.

The other commands are just performed in sequence

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

Those just update the packages lists and perform any upgrades.

The dpkg-reconfigure commands just reconfigure those packages.

 

[Alone]

Just a tip, so no one goes and screws up all their crap. Do not use sudo to add gpg keys. DO NOT!! You will have problems adding keys later if you screw up the permissions on gnupg. DON'T DO IT.

I almost wrote that command as one big string, but that would have added the gpg key while using the root account, and that is bad.

 

[Fineghal]

Oh, and I'm retarded and never got this until a few days ago. If you're moving from Windows, you'll expect a Ctrl V for paste. If you want to paste into a terminal that doesn't support that, click the mouse wheel. Select, Click to Copy, Paste.

 

[Alone]

Originally posted by: Fineghal
Oh, and I'm retarded and never got this until a few days ago. If you're moving from Windows, you'll expect a Ctrl V for paste. If you want to paste into a terminal that doesn't support that, click the mouse wheel. Select, Click to Copy, Paste.

ctrl+shift+v
Same with copy, ctrl+shift+c.