<p>It would likely serve you better to study the way of the UNIX shell... the UNIX shell has a lot more power than the Windows commandline shell does, even if you include the so-called "power shell".</p>
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Sent from my phone... a G2 running CM7 nightlies!</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mar 15, 2011 6:35 PM, "Ron Frazier" <<a href="mailto:atllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com">atllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> Hi Mike,<br>> <br>> Thanks for the info. That's good to know. Putting that in my saved <br>
> posts folder. Thanks also to others who suggested command ganging <br>> techniques.<br>> <br>> Ron<br>> <br>> On 03/15/2011 02:49 PM, Michael Trausch wrote:<br>>><br>>> cmd1 && cmd2<br>
>><br>>> The && says run cmd2 only if the exit status of cmd1 indicates success <br>>> (that is, is 0). The opposite of that is:<br>>><br>>> cmd1 || cmd2<br>>><br>>> Which says to run cmd2 if the exit status of cmd1 is something other <br>
>> than 0.<br>>><br>>> --<br>>> Sent from my phone... a G2 running CM7 nightlies!<br>>><br>>> On Mar 15, 2011 1:57 PM, "Ron Frazier" <<a href="mailto:atllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com">atllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com</a> <br>
>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:atllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com">atllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com</a>>> wrote:<br>>> > Could you explain what that does? Are you saying enter both commands on<br>>> > the same line like you typed it?<br>
>> ><br>>> > Sincerely,<br>>> ><br>>> > Ron<br>>> ><br>>> > On 03/15/2011 01:22 PM, JD wrote:<br>>> >> Perhaps I'm crazy, but I always do<br>>> >><br>
>> >> sudo apt-get update&& sudo apt-get upgrade<br>>> >><br>>> >><br>>> >> together before installing any new packages. This keeps all the<br>>> >> underlying packages current - that could be the issue you are seeing<br>
>> >> between the different systems. In real-time programming, this is known<br>>> >> as data homogeneity. All the data on a specific thread/priority cannot<br>>> >> be changed by outside priorities until the thread/priority finishes.<br>
>> >> Basically, you get consistent data before you begin processing.<br>>> >><br>>> >> I do agree that not doing the "upgrade" should work provided you aren't<br>>> >> too out of date with patches. I've just never wanted to test that.<br>
>> >><br>>> >><br>>> >><br>>> >> On 03/15/2011 12:42 PM, Ron Frazier wrote:<br>>> >><br>>> >>> Preston,<br>>> >>><br>>> >>> I can't say what happened. The commands below worked on the other PC's<br>
>> >>> with no problem. PC #3 is running the same version of Ubuntu, but the<br>>> >>> process failed and threw the errors I posted. I tried it <br>>> yesterday, but<br>>> >>> I have no explanation. Once I installed that one package manually, the<br>
>> >>> rest worked. I actually did the last two commands from synaptic, <br>>> but the<br>>> >>> result should be the same either way.<br>>> >>><br>>> >>> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa<br>
>> >>> sudo apt-get update<br>>> >>> sudo apt-get install libreoffice<br>>> >>> sudo apt-get install libreoffice-gnome<br>>> >>><br>>> >>> Sincerely,<br>
>> >>><br>>> >>> Ron<br>>> >>><br>>> >>> On 03/15/2011 11:17 AM, Preston Boyington wrote:<br>>> >>><br>>> >>>> Ron Frazier wrote:<br>
>> >>>><br>>> >>>><br>>> >>>>> I was trying to install Libre Office on my 3rd PC using the PPA as<br>>> >>>>> described in prior posts. It threw up a bunch of dependency errors:<br>
>> >>>>><br>>> >>>>><br>>> >>>> <SNIPPED><br>>> >>>><br>>> >>>><br>>> >>>><br>>> >>>>> I tried the same thing from synaptic and got the same result. From<br>
>> >>>>> synaptic, I installed libreoffice-common manually, then was able to<br>>> >>>>> install libreoffice and libreoffice-gnome with no problem. I <br>>> don't know<br>
>> >>>>> what was different on this PC, but it seems to be working now.<br>>> >>>>><br>>> >>>>><br>>> >>>> just curious, but has the PPA been updated or is your Ubuntu system<br>
>> >>>> using slightly different sources?<br>>> >>>><br>>> >>>><br>>> >>>><br>>> >><br>>> >><br>>> ><br>>> > --<br>
>> ><br>>> > (PS - If you email me and don't get a quick response, you might want to<br>>> > call on the phone. I get about 300 emails per day from alternate energy<br>>> > mailing lists and such. I don't always see new messages very quickly.)<br>
>> ><br>>> > Ron Frazier<br>>> ><br>>> > 770-205-9422 (O) Leave a message.<br>>> > linuxdude AT <a href="http://c3energy.com">c3energy.com</a> <<a href="http://c3energy.com">http://c3energy.com</a>><br>
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>> See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br>>> <a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><br>>> <br>> <br>> -- <br>> <br>> (PS - If you email me and don't get a quick response, you might want to<br>
> call on the phone. I get about 300 emails per day from alternate energy<br>> mailing lists and such. I don't always see new messages very quickly.)<br>> <br>> Ron Frazier<br>> <br>> 770-205-9422 (O) Leave a message.<br>
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