02-25-2018, 03:24 AM
I am a new convert, from 25 years of using windows. I am adapting, and I love the CLI POWER, it reminds me of stuff I used to do with batch files before windows, except super mega powerful. I am new to a lot of the finer details, in-depth SH stuff, but google is my friend so I have learned to add repositories, install stuff, finally found synaptic (thank god, now I have absolutely NO reason to ever use Ubuntu)... and I absolutely love LL, it seems like the perfect transition for someone who still remembers (some aspects of) DOS fondly. But, well, let me give an example of my current problem.
Did 2nd install of LL (was on 12GB partition, ran out of space... I'm a downloader). Works. Firefox (~v54) wants to update. Doesn't update automatically. Takes me to download page, d/l tarball... here's where the problem comes in. I'm used to using my "desktop" (workspace) as, well, a work space. So I pull the FF folder there. It (v58) runs from the folder, but my "shortcut" still runs v54. This was apparently fixed after a reboot, but my problem remains: where am I supposed to put programs that I install "manually" like this? I know I can put them anywhere I want, essentially, but if I keep doing this, my workspace will fill up... kind of cool now that I can just make another one, but still. Where would be a good place to put them?
2nd part - I have d/l some programs this way, and they won't run. Aside from compatibility issues... I really prefer to apt-get install, since the OS just "takes care of it", or displays an error. Of course I am talking about apps that I cannot for whatever reason, install through the CLI. Are there additional shell commands to "install" things I already have a local copy of? (I am still working on learning how to "connect" to github/sourceforge for local builds... another post for another day)
3rd part, say I have an downloaded an app/package that should run, but won't... how do I identify if it needs other packages installed? Dependencies? Is there a shell command for that?
Did 2nd install of LL (was on 12GB partition, ran out of space... I'm a downloader). Works. Firefox (~v54) wants to update. Doesn't update automatically. Takes me to download page, d/l tarball... here's where the problem comes in. I'm used to using my "desktop" (workspace) as, well, a work space. So I pull the FF folder there. It (v58) runs from the folder, but my "shortcut" still runs v54. This was apparently fixed after a reboot, but my problem remains: where am I supposed to put programs that I install "manually" like this? I know I can put them anywhere I want, essentially, but if I keep doing this, my workspace will fill up... kind of cool now that I can just make another one, but still. Where would be a good place to put them?
2nd part - I have d/l some programs this way, and they won't run. Aside from compatibility issues... I really prefer to apt-get install, since the OS just "takes care of it", or displays an error. Of course I am talking about apps that I cannot for whatever reason, install through the CLI. Are there additional shell commands to "install" things I already have a local copy of? (I am still working on learning how to "connect" to github/sourceforge for local builds... another post for another day)
3rd part, say I have an downloaded an app/package that should run, but won't... how do I identify if it needs other packages installed? Dependencies? Is there a shell command for that?