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Hi Mike,<br>
<br>
I'm sure I'll learn more over time. I can't put a lot of direct study
into that at the moment. However, you guys are always showing me new
things, and I pick up a lot from the podcasts I listen to.<br>
<br>
Sincerely,<br>
<br>
Ron<br>
<br>
On 03/15/2011 09:09 PM, Michael Trausch wrote:
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<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>
<p>--<br>
Sent from my phone... a G2 running CM7 nightlies!</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mar 15, 2011 6:35 PM, "Ron Frazier" <<a
moz-do-not-send="true" 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
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:atllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com">atllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com</a>
<br>
>> <mailto:<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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 moz-do-not-send="true"
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>> ><br>
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(PS - If you email me and don't get a quick response, you might want to
call on the phone. I get about 300 emails per day from alternate energy
mailing lists and such. I don't always see new messages very quickly.)
Ron Frazier
770-205-9422 (O) Leave a message.
linuxdude AT c3energy.com
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