| Guest22959 | I am trying to install R, it is in tarball form I used the guide at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompilingEasyHowTo unsuccessfully. Any help would be much appreciated | 01:16 |
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| Mad-Leigh | hello everyone, need help trying to find what email account was used to register on ubuntu forums as I know my old user name but not the email account used to make it. | 05:38 |
| stlsaint | Mad-Leigh: you have many emails?? | 05:40 |
| Mad-Leigh | yes many espically with yahoo chat accounts, over 150 | 05:40 |
| stlsaint | well in that case i dont know. | 05:41 |
| Mad-Leigh | don't want to be forced to go through all of them | 05:41 |
| Mad-Leigh | would be nice to be able to chat to a ubuntu forums admin to get some help as the ubuntu forums help page does not offer anything to help my needs | 05:41 |
| stlsaint | yea | 05:43 |
| Unit193 | Yeah, I'd say ask in #ubuntuforums and wait a bit, but I could be wrong... | 05:44 |
| stlsaint | Mad-Leigh: you forgot email and password?? | 05:44 |
| Mad-Leigh | my page is http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=1228999 would admin to able to see what email account was used to create it so then I can recover my account ? | 05:46 |
| Mad-Leigh | yes forgot all details, found that page via google search, have since installed 12.04 PP LTS and thought I would update my details on the ubuntu forums | 05:48 |
| stlsaint | Mad-Leigh: i just sent a message to whatever email account you used | 05:48 |
| Mad-Leigh | but can not log in | 05:48 |
| Mad-Leigh | thanks for your help | 05:49 |
| Mad-Leigh | tips and advice | 05:49 |
| stlsaint | you dont know your email password neither? | 05:49 |
| Mad-Leigh | I can recover my email account passwords as I used a sencondary account to creat them, but can not remember what email account was used to register on ubuntu forums | 05:50 |
| stlsaint | Mad-Leigh: the main admin personnel reside in irc channel #ubuntuforums...you can try asking there and waiting forawhile. Its am in the US so it may take a while | 05:51 |
| Mad-Leigh | ok maybe I will just re register a new name then send a email to admin to get some help | 05:52 |
| Mad-Leigh | thanks. :) | 05:52 |
| stlsaint | Mad-Leigh: no need to make two accounts | 05:52 |
| stlsaint | Mad-Leigh: if you make a new one, request the old one be deleted | 05:52 |
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| gazza | Hi I am new to linux, so much reading done i have forgotten what I was going to ask | 14:03 |
| gazza | I was trying to dwnload a program, but caught up with so much info | 14:04 |
| gazza | how does one download programmes and from where(repositories) | 14:08 |
| gazza | hi is anyone around | 14:36 |
| stlsaint | gazza: what are you trying to do? | 14:42 |
| gazza | hi stl | 14:47 |
| gazza | I would like to add a firewall to my system | 14:47 |
| stlsaint | gazza: why? | 14:48 |
| gazza | I was reading on ubuntu site and they mentioned it. | 14:49 |
| stlsaint | gazza: so because you seen it on a site you want it? Do you know how firewalls work? | 14:50 |
| gazza | I am running lucid | 14:50 |
| stlsaint | thewrath: sup | 14:50 |
| stlsaint | gazza: ok..still...what do you want the firewall for? | 14:51 |
| gazza | Ok I am so new to linux the wrapping is not yet off | 14:51 |
| gazza | used to running windows system with antivirus and firewall protection | 14:52 |
| stlsaint | gazza: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DoINeedAFirewall | 14:54 |
| gazza | going to find where i was in ubuntu and check tour link too | 14:56 |
| geirha | Use the software center to download and install software | 15:06 |
| gazza | what is the ufw or gufw, on my installation it does not have system->administration->firewallconfiguration. I was looking for added protection for my computer, is this a necessity? | 15:10 |
| stlsaint | gazza: for general daily use...no | 15:11 |
| stlsaint | unless you are doing something that requires a firewall in which case you would know the need to have one | 15:11 |
| gazza | 0k so linux is pretty safe compared to windows | 15:12 |
| stlsaint | gazza: unlike windows ubuntu does not have any open ports by default. | 15:12 |
| stlsaint | gazza: yes | 15:12 |
| gazza | i still have to learn the terms used for everything | 15:13 |
| gazza | only finished loading 10.04lucid late last night | 15:14 |
| gazza | so as i said still very new for me. | 15:15 |
| gazza | What happens if some hand me a flash drive with drawings on it that have viruses from his computer? | 15:17 |
| geirha | If you copy them further to a windows user, you'll help to spread it, but it won't affect Ubuntu | 15:19 |
| gazza | ok thanks understand | 15:19 |
| gazza | iwent to sourceforge earlier and wanted to download a program. the package manager did not pop up, but downloaded as a file in my downloads. how do i install this programme? | 15:21 |
| stlsaint | gazza: is it a .deb? | 15:23 |
| gazza | i put it into my trash, does not give me a file extention | 15:25 |
| stlsaint | gazza: what is the package you are trying to install? | 15:26 |
| gazza | pycam, ihave restored it to my file browser | 15:28 |
| geirha | In general, you want to avoid downloading software from the web | 15:30 |
| stlsaint | gazza: that is a .tar.gz which means you need to extract it and look inside to see how to install | 15:31 |
| gazza | ok i wil give it a try | 15:31 |
| geirha | In this case though, the repositories does not have a package for pycam, so the next best thing is to try and find a debian package (.deb) for it | 15:32 |
| geirha | or, well, a ppa would be better | 15:33 |
| gazza | what is the difference btwn .deb and .tar.gz and how do i look for a .deb or a ppa | 15:34 |
| geirha | !ppa | 15:34 |
| ubot2 | A Personal Package Archive (PPA) can provide alternate software not normally available in the offical Ubuntu repositories - Looking for a PPA? See https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ppas - WARNING: PPAs are unsupported third-party packages, and you use them at your own risk. See also !addppa and !ppa-purge | 15:34 |
| geirha | gazza: a .tar.gz is just a compressed archive, like a .zip or .rar file. There's no telling what it may contain, or how you would go about installing it | 15:35 |
| geirha | It may also not be possible to uninstall it afterwards | 15:35 |
| geirha | *possible to easily uninstall it | 15:35 |
| geirha | Anyway, it at least provides a debian package, which may be installable on Ubuntu. http://pycam.sourceforge.net/download.html | 15:39 |
| gazza | Install the following packages with your package manager: | 15:39 |
| gazza | python | 15:39 |
| gazza | python-gtk2 | 15:39 |
| gazza | python-opengl | 15:39 |
| gazza | python-gtkglext1 | 15:39 |
| gazza | python-pyode (optional) | 15:39 |
| gazza | python-setproctitle (optional) | 15:39 |
| gazza | python-psyco (optional) | 15:39 |
| gazza | On a debian or ubuntu system you would just type the following in a root console: | 15:40 |
| gazza | apt-get install python-gtkglext1 python-opengl python-gtk2 python-pyode python-setproctitle python-psyco | 15:40 |
| gazza | Please note that you need to enable the "universe" repository in Ubuntu. | 15:40 |
| gazza | BEWARE: Debian "Lenny" and Ubuntu "Jaunty" (maybe also Dapper/Hardy/Intrepid) | 15:40 |
| gazza | sorry justfinger trouble | 15:40 |
| gazza | that is wat i got out of i'ts install.txt file | 15:41 |
| gazza | hope u can understand what it means and give me a run down explaination | 15:42 |
| geirha | Well, again, avoid the tar.gz | 15:46 |
| geirha | grab the debian package | 15:46 |
| gazza | it does not tell which is the .deb package in sourceforge. I will delete it from my system and try elsewhere | 15:48 |
| gazza | what happens when u empty the trash? in windows some parts still hang around in the registery, what happens with linux??? | 15:49 |
| veric | any idea why i would have to go into sound settings and test my speakers to get sound to work when i start videos? | 18:57 |
| Steven_ | Hello is anyone there? | 21:12 |
| bioterror | there's someone | 21:13 |
| Steven_ | Axlin you there? | 21:13 |
| bioterror | alsi here | 21:13 |
| bioterror | also | 21:13 |
| Steven_ | So I have a question I can't seem to find on google | 21:13 |
| Steven_ | When I'm doing something like copying files or what ever I can't do stuff with other programs very well | 21:14 |
| Steven_ | When I boot in to windows I don't have this [rpblem | 21:15 |
| Steven_ | Is there anyway to spread the work load across windows? | 21:15 |
| Steven_ | or applications I should say | 21:15 |
| bioterror | and you computer is quite new? | 21:16 |
| bioterror | your | 21:16 |
| Steven_ | Fairly new | 21:16 |
| Steven_ | AMD duel core x64 3.2ghz | 21:17 |
| Steven_ | 4GB ram | 21:17 |
| Steven_ | I mean it's not awful but it's very annoying | 21:17 |
| Steven_ | I've notice after a few updates the problem is not as bad as it was at a time | 21:18 |
| Steven_ | Still really hard to multi task | 21:18 |
| Steven_ | I was hoping there was an anti freeze application or something | 21:19 |
| Steven_ | So is there anything I can do? | 21:19 |
| bioterror | that sounds quite weird, honestly | 21:20 |
| Steven_ | You don't have that problem? | 21:20 |
| bioterror | no I do not have | 21:21 |
| Steven_ | What version of ubuntu? | 21:21 |
| bioterror | Im running kubuntu 12.04 | 21:21 |
| Steven_ | does that use unity? | 21:23 |
| bioterror | no | 21:23 |
| Steven_ | I think unity is the problem | 21:23 |
| Steven_ | I used older versions of linux and they ran smoother | 21:23 |
| bioterror | I have once tried unity on USB pendrive | 21:24 |
| Steven_ | how did it work for you? | 21:24 |
| bioterror | it was just gnome shell messed up :) | 21:25 |
| Steven_ | oh heh | 21:25 |
| bioterror | you could check iotop for example | 21:26 |
| bioterror | monitor your hard drive activity | 21:26 |
| wilee-nilee | c | 23:01 |
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