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[Part 1: Getting Ready To Install Ubuntu]

Part 1: Getting Ready To Install Ubuntu
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[ckfordy]

Here is a good website to help you with your ubuntu experience: http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Feisty

That helped me out a lot.  I am going to be installing shortly just gotta copy the file over to a cd and I will be set.

[Motoxrdude]

Just remember to burn the iso as a cd image and not the file.

[ckfordy]

Well I got Ubuntu installed and I really like it now if I can figure out how to install stuff on here Ill be in good shape.  I cant find any Linux drivers for my wireless adapter it is  Linksys wireless g  WUSB54 VER.4  MEQ20G118788

[Motoxrdude]

Go to Applications>>Add/Remove to install programs.
Or go to the terminal (Applications>>Accessories>>Terminal) and type 'sudo apt-get install program_name'
an example would be
sudo apt-get install firefox
or use synaptics to view all installable items for the repositories (System>>Administation>>Synaptic Package Manager'.

And for your wireless drivers try and use the restricted-drivers-manager (System>>Administration>>Restricted Driver Manager). You can also get video card drivers from hear as well.

[ckfordy]

Ok I don't know what the hell I am doing I can't get anything to install the drivers I downloaded from xp that are linux drivers I cant get them to install on ubuntu and I cant seem to find linux drivers for my linksys so I switched to my netgear wireless adapter and I still can't get it working.

[Motoxrdude]

Get the driver (it will be a .inf file), place it on your desktop and run the command

cd Desktop
sudo ndiswrapper -i WUSB54GS.inf

Note-You may need to change the file name to match your driver. It is case sensative btw.

Then run

ndiswrapper -l

and the wireless card should be listed in System>>Administrator>>Network. There you can configure your card to connect to your wifi connection, and again everything is case sensative.

[ckfordy]

Get the driver (it will be a .inf file), place it on your desktop and run the command

cd Desktop
sudo ndiswrapper -i WUSB54GS.inf

Note-You may need to change the file name to match your driver. It is case sensative btw.

Then run

ndiswrapper -l

and the wireless card should be listed in System>>Administrator>>Network. There you can configure your card to connect to your wifi connection, and again everything is case sensative.

My linksys adapter driver is a .exe file and it wont run I tried what you are doing and it is not working.

[Motoxrdude]

put the exe on your desktop and run in the terminal

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cd Desktop
unzip (name of file).exe


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unshield x DATA1.CAB
unshield x DATA2.CAB
You might need to change the name of the cab files.
Hopefully the inf will be sitting on your desktop now.
EDIT: Before you run those commands you will need to install wine

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sudo apt-get install wine


[ckfordy]

put the exe on your desktop and run in the terminal

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cd Desktop
unzip (name of file).exe


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unshield x DATA1.CAB
unshield x DATA2.CAB
You might need to change the name of the cab files.
Hopefully the inf will be sitting on your desktop now.
EDIT: Before you run those commands you will need to install wine

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sudo apt-get install wine


Ok the files on my desktop but I do not know what to do with the CAB files.

[Motoxrdude]

use the terminal and enter
unshield x *.CAB

[ckfordy]

use the terminal and enter
unshield x *.CAB

It says the program unshield is currently not installed and I cant get the wine program to install it says it cant find it.

[Motoxrdude]

o yeah... you dont have internet access....
is it possible to hook up you comp to an ethernet temporarily?

[ckfordy]

o yeah... you dont have internet access....
is it possible to hook up you comp to an ethernet temporarily?

I dont think I have a long enough ethernet cable but cant I download it from my laptop and install it on my desktop?

[Motoxrdude]

Yeah, you can use debs (they are like linux's version of exes). Here is the unshield deb
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/u/unshield/unshield_0.5-3_amd64.deb
and wine deb
http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/archive/ubuntu/feisty/wine_0.9.43~winehq0~ubuntu~7.04-1_amd64.deb

[ckfordy]

When I try to install wine it comes up with Error: Dependency is not satisfiable: lib32asound2

and when I try to install unshield Error: Dependency is not satisfiable: libunshield0