[06:28] <help[96]> does anybody know how to download and install new modules for drupal in ubuntu?
[06:31] <tonyyarusso> help[96]: Certainly.
[06:31] <tonyyarusso> The same way you do in any other distro - with wget and tar.
[06:34] <help[96]> hmm...okay, i'm new to ubuntu...so i usually use sudo apt-get
[06:34] <help[96]> but i don't think i can do that with modules
[06:34] <tonyyarusso> As you should, but the Drupal modules are not in the repositories.
[06:35] <tonyyarusso> Drupal itself is, but not its add-ons.
[06:35] <help[96]> yeah, so what's the process for wget and tar?
[06:36] <tonyyarusso> In your Drupal directory (/usr/share/drupalsomething), you'll see a sites/ directory.
[06:36] <tonyyarusso> In that either you'll have an all/ directory, or you can make one, with a modules/ subdirectory.
[06:37] <tonyyarusso> cd into that, the wget URLofthemodule, then tar zxf file.tar.gz
[06:37] <tonyyarusso> When you visit admin/build/modules, it will show up in the list.  viola.
[06:40] <help[96]> hmm...so, in the sites/ directory, i just see a default/ directory
[06:40] <tonyyarusso> or that
[06:40] <help[96]> so...should i put the modules/ directory under the default/ directory?
[06:40] <tonyyarusso> help[96]: There are many, many ways of managing the sites/ tree.  It would do you well to read the Drupal documentation about that.
[06:41] <tonyyarusso> You can start by using default/, but you probably don't want to keep doing that.
[06:42] <help[96]> okay...i'll check out the documentation a bit, too
[06:42] <help[96]> i think i was getting ahead of myself
[06:44] <help[96]> hey! it popped up!  thanks so much!
[21:16] <andrew_708476> Is anyone any good with Ubuntu that doesn't mind helping because I have a few problems
[21:27] <tonyyarusso> !ask | andrew_708476
[21:27] <tonyyarusso> It's hard for us to know if we're "good" with your problem until we know what it is.  ;)
[22:04] <tonyyarusso> I guess we fail at telepathy :(