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Re: Help a beginner please
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Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso |
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Re: Help a beginner please |
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Sun, 20 Jan 2008 08:45:09 -0600 |
On 20/01/2008, Octave Ryan <address@hidden> wrote:
> Just installed Debian and Octave.
Cool! Which version of Octave and Debian?
> Now want to install the package 'comminications-1.0.4.tar.gz'
[snip]
> At the octave:1> prompt I gave the command 'pkg install
> home/Downloads/communications-1.0.4.tar.gz'
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> (as the file 'communications-1.0.4.tar.gz' is in the folder called
> 'Downloads' on my desktop)
Hm, then it looks like you typed the wrong pathname. Under a standard
Debian install, if you run Octave from your home directory, you should
type 'pkg install Desktop/Downloads/communications-1.0.4.tar.gz'
(without quotes, of course).
Oh, and btw, they're not called 'folders' in Debian GNU/Linux. They're
directories. I personally never liked the folder metaphor too much,
since real office folders don't contain tree hierarchies of
subfolders. ;-)
> Now I get the message:
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> tar: option requires an argument – f
That's unusual. What version of Octave is this?
- Jordi G. H.