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| xu-help62w | how do I download new software | 13:03 |
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| tomreyn | xu-help62w: you use the package management software | 13:05 |
| tomreyn | https://docs.xubuntu.org/current/user/C/managing-applications.html | 13:06 |
| xu-help62w | what do I click on to get started | 13:06 |
| tomreyn | the link i just posted, then you read | 13:07 |
| tomreyn | i think you can also access help by just pressing F1 at any time | 13:08 |
| tomreyn | the online help, that is | 13:08 |
| xu-help62w | getting there but can't find lilypond music writing software | 13:11 |
| oerheks | info lilypond | 13:12 |
| oerheks | !info lilypond | 13:12 |
| ubottu | lilypond (2.22.1-2, impish): program for typesetting sheet music. In component universe, is optional. Built by lilypond. Size 1,999 kB / 6,756 kB | 13:12 |
| xu-help62w | f1 does nothing' | 13:12 |
| oerheks | it is available, make sure you have universe enabled in software settings | 13:13 |
| xu-help62w | yes! I do a lot of music arranging & lost my Sibielius | 13:14 |
| xu-help62w | can't find software setttings | 13:18 |
| xu-help62w | I got this far, But don't know how to do it, Step 1. Create your ‘.ly’ file | 13:22 |
| xu-help62w | Create a text file called ‘test.ly’ with the following contents. | 13:22 |
| xu-help62w | \version "2.22.2" | 13:22 |
| xu-help62w | { | 13:22 |
| xu-help62w | c' e' g' e' | 13:22 |
| xu-help62w | } | 13:22 |
| xu-help62w | how do I create my own ' ly' file? | 13:24 |
| xu-help62w | how do I get to the command line? | 13:25 |
| xu-help62w | Drone - I see what you are saying, but don't know what to do with it! | 13:30 |
| xu-help62w | I am 69 years old & have Parkinson's disease. I am used to Windows | 13:32 |
| xu-help62w | tomreyn I clicked the link & found Gnome, but lilypad is not in the list | 13:39 |
| xu-help62w | where is the command line | 13:42 |
| tomreyn | xu-help62w: you can run "terminal" from the applications menu | 13:43 |
| tomreyn | then you get a shell, where you can type commands | 13:44 |
| tomreyn | !terminal | xu-help62w | 13:44 |
| ubottu | xu-help62w: The linux terminal or command-line interface is very powerful. In Unity or GNOME, search the dash for "terminal" and press ENTER. Other desktops: Applications -> System Tools -> Terminal (MATE), K-menu -> System -> Konsole (KDE), or Menu -> Accessories -> LXTerminal (LXDE). Guide: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal | 13:44 |
| xu-help62w | it says "failed to execute child" | 13:45 |
| tomreyn | what is "it"? | 13:51 |
| tomreyn | did the terminal window open fine, or is that when the error happened already? | 13:51 |
| xu-help62w | the terminal command-line | 13:52 |
| tomreyn | so was the "failed to execute child" message something written in the terminal window after you ran a command? | 13:52 |
| xu-help62w | I went to Applications Menu, Terminal Emulator | 13:53 |
| tomreyn | or did the terminal window not even open, but a pop-up message showed instead, bearing this text? | 13:53 |
| xu-help62w | tomreyn - whenever I go to the terminal window, it has this popup over it | 13:54 |
| tomreyn | and you can't access the terminal window at all then? | 13:54 |
| tomreyn | or can you, after confirming this message? | 13:54 |
| xu-help62w | It is behind the popup, but i have to make it happy first1 | 13:55 |
| xu-help62w | !' | 13:55 |
| xu-help62w | how do I confirm the messsage | 13:55 |
| tomreyn | i do not know, don't think i've seen this one | 13:56 |
| tomreyn | can you take and post a screenshot? | 13:56 |
| tomreyn | you can upload it to imgur.com | 13:56 |
| xu-help62w | I hit close instead of the X it worked! | 13:56 |
| tomreyn | which xubuntu version are you using? you can type this in terminal: lsb_release -ds | 13:57 |
| tomreyn | copy / paste should also work | 13:58 |
| tomreyn | you may need to press ctrl-shift-v to insert in the terminal. | 13:58 |
| xu-help62w | i can't type in terminal | 13:59 |
| tomreyn | What happens if you press ALTF+F2 and type: xfce4-terminal | 13:59 |
| xu-help62w | tomreyn - I have to go to work now - I should be back in about 4 hours. & will get you a screenshot | 14:13 |
| xu-help62w | Thank you all! I copied your chats & it is all good info! | 14:14 |
| Johnson | Anyone around here? | 17:50 |
| orqcxha | Kinda | 17:52 |
| orqcxha | hi | 17:52 |
| Johnson | Fair enough. | 17:52 |
| Johnson | No worries. I'll just keep reading wikis and manuals. | 17:53 |
| orqcxha | Why, whats happening | 17:53 |
| Johnson | Oh, just having a rough time figuring out how to play windows apps using wine. | 17:56 |
| orqcxha | have you tried winetricks | 18:00 |
| orqcxha | Some apps may need additional stuff | 18:01 |
| orqcxha | also some games may be better with proton etc. | 18:01 |
| orqcxha | Hard to tell without more information | 18:01 |
| Johnson | I haven't heard of proton. Thanks! | 18:02 |
| orqcxha | Are you trying to run games? | 18:02 |
| orqcxha | There's also lutris | 18:02 |
| orqcxha | And https://appdb.winehq.org/ may have specific things about your app | 18:03 |
| Johnson | I thought I'd play a few games as a good start. | 18:03 |
| orqcxha | If you dont mind DRM I'd suggest to use steam/proton. Almost everything I tried just works. | 18:05 |
| orqcxha | But there are loads of native things too | 18:05 |
| orqcxha | Like I love to play https://www.openra.net/ | 18:06 |
| Johnson | I'll probably try those out later. | 18:06 |
| orqcxha | Well good luck. Not many chat in here by the way and if you have trouble its usually better to ask specific stuff | 18:08 |
| Johnson | Well, it's been about 15 years since I used linux, so I'm mostly getting use to it, again. | 18:08 |
| orqcxha | Nice! | 18:09 |
| orqcxha | Lot has happened in 15 years | 18:09 |
| orqcxha | Some for the better some for the worse | 18:09 |
| Johnson | Yeah, it has. I haven't seen too many negatives. | 18:10 |
| orqcxha | why did you choose xubuntu specifically | 18:11 |
| Johnson | Because, I bought a student laptop really cheep at a junk store and Google ChromeOS made me want to throw it across the room. | 18:12 |
| orqcxha | My laptop is weak and cheap too so I wanted something with xfce too | 18:13 |
| Johnson | Yeah. That's exactly why I choose xubuntu. My research pointed at this being a good choice. | 18:14 |
| Johnson | Also, the students in my study hall at my current job have no clue how to use linux. | 18:16 |
| Johnson | Hey. Thanks for chatting. Have a great day! | 18:44 |
| tomreyn | supposedly, lutris and steam are often a good enough way to play windows games on *buntu | 19:01 |
| orqcxha | yeah but i rarely play games any more honestly | 19:03 |
| tomreyn | i just thought i'd hint on those here in case Johnson would be back | 19:06 |
| orqcxha | i recommended those too haha | 19:06 |
| orqcxha | but lot of the times just pure wine works too honestly | 19:06 |
| tomreyn | whoops, i overread this | 19:10 |
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