I was installing linux and i got the caution below:
WARNING: pkgtools are unstable with tar > 1.13. You should provide a "tar-1.13" in your $PATH. Cannot install /media/SlackDVD/slackware*/a/*.txz: file not found
Let us assume I have a zip file called patch.zip, when I run unzip -l patch.zip I get the following output.
bin/a
bin/b
lib/c
To this zip file I want to add a new file, "Readme.txt" located at /path/to/Readme.txt in such a way that, when I re-run unzip -l patch.zip again I get something like this
bin/a
bin/b
lib/c
doc/Readme.txt
Originally Posted by Gekitsuu you should be able to do NEWSTRING=$STRING1$STRING2 it works but i can't use it for creating a path variable / file name.
e.g.
$STRING1 = path
$STRING2 = filename
cat $STRING1$STRING2 will not work.
so how to get this working?
I found the following function in /etc/profile file.
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1. I dont undestand what "if ! echo $PATH | /bin/grep -qE "(^|:)$1($|:)"" this if statement actually comapres??
2. Also what is the difference between PATH=$PATH:$1 & PATH=$1:$PATH
I installed an editor that works fine for root, but for user produces this error.
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How does one set this thing?
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I have no idea why this is not working.
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find ./ -atime +360
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running Windows 7 64bit with VMware Workstation 7.01-build 227600. I have some knowledge of Linux, I have installed f12 and have updated the system as of 03/22/2010. All updates completed successfully.
1) How do I install VMTools on the f12 (after mounting the CD/DVD tool package)
2) How do I update the gcc files it says are dependencies?
Here's what I get on installation:Before you can compile modules, you need to have the following installed...
make
gcc
kernel headers of the running kernel
and then I am prompted for this input from the install script:
Searching for GCC...
The path "" is not valid path to the gcc binary.
Would you like to change it? [yes]
and this is where I get stuck. How do I get around this or satisfy the requirements for the install?
