Please help me rename this file eset_nod32av_64bit_en(1).linux in my /home/doug/Downloads directory so as to get rid of the ( 1 ). I thought I knew how, and the man doesn't seem to help, and it keeps coming back with the paren section, thus: doug@linux1:~/Downloads> rename eset_nod32av_64bit_en\(1\).linux eset_nod32av_64bit_en.linux /home/doug/Downloads It doesn't complain, but it doesn't do the job, either. Thanx. --doug
On 03/02/2021 23.09, Doug McGarrett wrote:
Please help me rename this file eset_nod32av_64bit_en(1).linux in my /home/doug/Downloads directory so as to get rid of the ( 1 ). I thought I knew how, and the man doesn't seem to help, and it keeps coming back with the paren section, thus: doug@linux1:~/Downloads> rename eset_nod32av_64bit_en\(1\).linux eset_nod32av_64bit_en.linux /home/doug/Downloads It doesn't complain, but it doesn't do the job, either.
No. Don't do that. We told you what to do. PLEASE NOBODY TELL HIM HOW TO DO WHAT HE ASKS FOR. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar)
Op woensdag 3 februari 2021 23:15:04 CET schreef Carlos E.R.:
On 03/02/2021 23.09, Doug McGarrett wrote:
Please help me rename this file eset_nod32av_64bit_en(1).linux in my /home/doug/Downloads directory so as to get rid of the ( 1 ). I thought I knew how, and the man doesn't seem to help, and it keeps coming back with the paren section, thus: doug@linux1:~/Downloads> rename eset_nod32av_64bit_en\(1\).linux eset_nod32av_64bit_en.linux /home/doug/Downloads It doesn't complain, but it doesn't do the job, either.
No. Don't do that. We told you what to do.
PLEASE NOBODY TELL HIM HOW TO DO WHAT HE ASKS FOR. Come on, I get where you're coming from, but refrain from posting public messages like this please.
-- Gertjan Lettink a.k.a. Knurpht openSUSE Board openSUSE Forums Team
* Knurpht-openSUSE <knurpht@opensuse.org> [02-03-21 17:49]:
Op woensdag 3 februari 2021 23:15:04 CET schreef Carlos E.R.:
On 03/02/2021 23.09, Doug McGarrett wrote:
Please help me rename this file eset_nod32av_64bit_en(1).linux in my /home/doug/Downloads directory so as to get rid of the ( 1 ). I thought I knew how, and the man doesn't seem to help, and it keeps coming back with the paren section, thus: doug@linux1:~/Downloads> rename eset_nod32av_64bit_en\(1\).linux eset_nod32av_64bit_en.linux /home/doug/Downloads It doesn't complain, but it doesn't do the job, either.
No. Don't do that. We told you what to do.
PLEASE NOBODY TELL HIM HOW TO DO WHAT HE ASKS FOR. Come on, I get where you're coming from, but refrain from posting public messages like this please.
then how can on advise people to not assist the OP in shooting himself in the foot? I know, you are now going to censor me again. shame on you. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode
* Patrick Shanahan <paka@opensuse.org> [02-03-21 17:54]:
* Knurpht-openSUSE <knurpht@opensuse.org> [02-03-21 17:49]:
Op woensdag 3 februari 2021 23:15:04 CET schreef Carlos E.R.:
On 03/02/2021 23.09, Doug McGarrett wrote:
Please help me rename this file eset_nod32av_64bit_en(1).linux in my /home/doug/Downloads directory so as to get rid of the ( 1 ). I thought I knew how, and the man doesn't seem to help, and it keeps coming back with the paren section, thus: doug@linux1:~/Downloads> rename eset_nod32av_64bit_en\(1\).linux eset_nod32av_64bit_en.linux /home/doug/Downloads It doesn't complain, but it doesn't do the job, either.
No. Don't do that. We told you what to do.
PLEASE NOBODY TELL HIM HOW TO DO WHAT HE ASKS FOR. Come on, I get where you're coming from, but refrain from posting public messages like this please.
fwiw, *your* post should have been private mail rather than telling the world! -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode
On 03/02/2021 23.46, Knurpht-openSUSE wrote:
Op woensdag 3 februari 2021 23:15:04 CET schreef Carlos E.R.:
On 03/02/2021 23.09, Doug McGarrett wrote:
Please help me rename this file eset_nod32av_64bit_en(1).linux in my /home/doug/Downloads directory so as to get rid of the ( 1 ). I thought I knew how, and the man doesn't seem to help, and it keeps coming back with the paren section, thus: doug@linux1:~/Downloads> rename eset_nod32av_64bit_en\(1\).linux eset_nod32av_64bit_en.linux /home/doug/Downloads It doesn't complain, but it doesn't do the job, either.
No. Don't do that. We told you what to do.
PLEASE NOBODY TELL HIM HOW TO DO WHAT HE ASKS FOR. Come on, I get where you're coming from, but refrain from posting public messages like this please.
It is an EMERGENCY. He is in the road to destroy his system AGAIN, and you are helping him to do it. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar)
On 2/3/21 7:42 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 03/02/2021 23.46, Knurpht-openSUSE wrote:
Op woensdag 3 februari 2021 23:15:04 CET schreef Carlos E.R.:
On 03/02/2021 23.09, Doug McGarrett wrote:
Please help me rename this file eset_nod32av_64bit_en(1).linux in my /home/doug/Downloads directory so as to get rid of the ( 1 ). I thought I knew how, and the man doesn't seem to help, and it keeps coming back with the paren section, thus: doug@linux1:~/Downloads> rename eset_nod32av_64bit_en\(1\).linux eset_nod32av_64bit_en.linux /home/doug/Downloads It doesn't complain, but it doesn't do the job, either. No. Don't do that. We told you what to do.
PLEASE NOBODY TELL HIM HOW TO DO WHAT HE ASKS FOR. Come on, I get where you're coming from, but refrain from posting public messages like this please.
It is an EMERGENCY. He is in the road to destroy his system AGAIN, and you are helping him to do it.
I haven't destroyed the system yet. It may take me a while to get where I'm trying to get to, but with the kind support of some fine folks here I finally arrive. Thanks to all! (In the meantime, I might observe that some older bash Linux commands have, for some reason, been removed from the system. One I can think of is apt-get, but I have run across others.)
Doug McGarrett composed on 2021-02-03 20:04 (UTC-0500):
(In the meantime, I might observe that some older bash Linux commands have, for some reason, been removed from the system. One I can think of is apt-get, but I have run across others.)
Apt-get isn't a "Linux" command. It's a Debian package management command. openSUSE isn't a Debian, or Debian derived (which is what *buntus and Mint and many more distros are). openSUSE uses an entirely different package management system (comprised of zypper, rpm and yast*). When Googling for help, it's often best to ignore hits that include apt, buntu, mint, neon or debian in title or URL. -- Evolution as taught in public schools, like religion, is based on faith, not on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
On 2021-02-03 20:07:54 Felix Miata wrote:
|Doug McGarrett composed on 2021-02-03 20:04 (UTC-0500): |> (In the meantime, I might observe that some older bash Linux commands |> have, for some |> reason, been removed from the system. One I can think of is apt-get, but |> I have run across others.) | |Apt-get isn't a "Linux" command. It's a Debian package management command. |openSUSE isn't a Debian, or Debian derived (which is what *buntus and Mint | and many more distros are). openSUSE uses an entirely different package | management system (comprised of zypper, rpm and yast*). When Googling for | help, it's often best to ignore hits that include apt, buntu, mint, neon | or debian in title or URL.
But not always; sometimes the answer one is looking for is explained in another distro's support pages (Arch Linux comes to mind). Certainly, though, one has to be aware that the tools used to accomplish some things are quite different from one distro to another. Leslie -- openSUSE Leap 15.2 x86_64
J Leslie Turriff composed on 2021-02-03 20:18 (UTC-0600):
Felix Miata wrote:
...often...
But not always Does often in any way equate to always? No, what it is, is a rough equivalent to
*not* always. Debian and progeny often turn into a big waste of time with terms like apt, apt-get, apt-mark, apt-cache, aptitude, dpkg, adept, synaptic, full-upgrade, safe-upgrade, upgrade, dist-upgrade, do-release-upgrade, gdebi & dselect, not to mention absence of root login (in a standard installation: sudo). -- Evolution as taught in public schools, like religion, is based on faith, not on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
On 2/4/21 2:48 AM, Felix Miata wrote:
J Leslie Turriff composed on 2021-02-03 20:18 (UTC-0600):
Felix Miata wrote:
...often... But not always Does often in any way equate to always? No, what it is, is a rough equivalent to
*not* always.
Debian and progeny often turn into a big waste of time with terms like apt, apt-get, apt-mark, apt-cache, aptitude, dpkg, adept, synaptic, full-upgrade, safe-upgrade, upgrade, dist-upgrade, do-release-upgrade, gdebi & dselect, not to mention absence of root login (in a standard installation: sudo).
I miss something like synaptic, which was in the old PCLOS. Not only the names of apps, but a very brief description of what they were supposed to do. AFAIK, there is nothing in OpenSUSE that replaces it. --doug
Doug McGarrett composed on 2021-02-04 21:11 (UTC-0500):
I miss something like synaptic, which was in the old PCLOS. Not only the names of apps, but a very brief description of what they were supposed to do. AFAIK, there is nothing in OpenSUSE that replaces it.
Sure there is: YaST Software. -- Evolution as taught in public schools, like religion, is based on faith, not on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
On 05/02/2021 03.11, Doug McGarrett wrote:
On 2/4/21 2:48 AM, Felix Miata wrote:
J Leslie Turriff composed on 2021-02-03 20:18 (UTC-0600):
Felix Miata wrote:
...often... But not always Does often in any way equate to always? No, what it is, is a rough equivalent to
*not* always.
Debian and progeny often turn into a big waste of time with terms like apt, apt-get, apt-mark, apt-cache, aptitude, dpkg, adept, synaptic, full-upgrade, safe-upgrade, upgrade, dist-upgrade, do-release-upgrade, gdebi & dselect, not to mention absence of root login (in a standard installation: sudo).
I miss something like synaptic, which was in the old PCLOS. Not only the names of apps, but a very brief description of what they were supposed to do. AFAIK, there is nothing in OpenSUSE that replaces it.
Well, you are wrong, because YaST, zypper, and rpm can give you that brief description. cer@Telcontar:~> rpm -qi glibc Name : glibc Version : 2.26 Release : lp152.26.3.1 Architecture: x86_64 Install Date: 2021-01-01T00:44:58 CET Group : System/Libraries Size : 6984505 License : LGPL-2.1+ AND SUSE-LGPL-2.1+-with-GCC-exception AND GPL-2.0+ Signature : RSA/SHA256, 2020-08-13T23:18:42 CEST, Key ID b88b2fd43dbdc284 Source RPM : glibc-2.26-lp152.26.3.1.src.rpm Build Date : 2020-08-13T23:13:23 CEST Build Host : cloud125 Relocations : (not relocatable) Packager : http://bugs.opensuse.org Vendor : openSUSE URL : http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html Summary : Standard Shared Libraries (from the GNU C Library) Description : The GNU C Library provides the most important standard libraries used by nearly all programs: the standard C library, the standard math library, and the POSIX thread library. A system is not functional without these libraries. Distribution: openSUSE Leap 15.2 cer@Telcontar:~> -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar)
On 2/4/21 10:31 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 05/02/2021 03.11, Doug McGarrett wrote:
J Leslie Turriff composed on 2021-02-03 20:18 (UTC-0600):
Felix Miata wrote:
...often... But not always Does often in any way equate to always? No, what it is, is a rough equivalent to
*not* always.
Debian and progeny often turn into a big waste of time with terms like apt, apt-get, apt-mark, apt-cache, aptitude, dpkg, adept, synaptic, full-upgrade, safe-upgrade, upgrade, dist-upgrade, do-release-upgrade, gdebi & dselect, not to mention absence of root login (in a standard installation: sudo). I miss something like synaptic, which was in the old PCLOS. Not only
On 2/4/21 2:48 AM, Felix Miata wrote: the names of apps, but a very brief description of what they were supposed to do. AFAIK, there is nothing in OpenSUSE that replaces it. Well, you are wrong, because YaST, zypper, and rpm can give you that brief description.
cer@Telcontar:~> rpm -qi glibc Name : glibc Version : 2.26 Release : lp152.26.3.1 Architecture: x86_64 Install Date: 2021-01-01T00:44:58 CET Group : System/Libraries Size : 6984505 License : LGPL-2.1+ AND SUSE-LGPL-2.1+-with-GCC-exception AND GPL-2.0+ Signature : RSA/SHA256, 2020-08-13T23:18:42 CEST, Key ID b88b2fd43dbdc284 Source RPM : glibc-2.26-lp152.26.3.1.src.rpm Build Date : 2020-08-13T23:13:23 CEST Build Host : cloud125 Relocations : (not relocatable) Packager : http://bugs.opensuse.org Vendor : openSUSE URL : http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html Summary : Standard Shared Libraries (from the GNU C Library) Description : The GNU C Library provides the most important standard libraries used by nearly all programs: the standard C library, the standard math library, and the POSIX thread library. A system is not functional without these libraries. Distribution: openSUSE Leap 15.2 cer@Telcontar:~>
I think this misses the point. Suppose you never heard of Artha. If you had Synaptic, you could scroll thru it. You come to Artha. It says something like Thesaurus and dictionary. So you install it, find out you like it and keep it. If you didn't like it, you zapped it. Now you have only Yast, zypper, and rpm. How do you find Artha? (Well Firefox probably would find it, but that's cheating!) Also, for someone who has used apt-get install, it used to work here. What has been gained by removing it? Someone who has used Linux for years may expect to have that combination. Well, anyway, I learned something: I didn't realize that rpm could be used this way. But only if you know to ask about glibc. (For instance.) --doug
Doug McGarrett composed on 2021-02-05 01:26 (UTC-0500):
Suppose you never heard of Artha. If you had Synaptic, you could scroll thru it. You come to Artha. It says something like Thesaurus and dictionary....
How does that differ from YaST2?: https://paste.opensuse.org/view/raw/73583844 -- Evolution as taught in public schools, like religion, is based on faith, not on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
On 2/5/21 1:48 AM, Felix Miata wrote:
Doug McGarrett composed on 2021-02-05 01:26 (UTC-0500):
Suppose you never heard of Artha. If you had Synaptic, you could scroll thru it. You come to Artha. It says something like Thesaurus and dictionary.... How does that differ from YaST2?: https://paste.opensuse.org/view/raw/73583844 Well, it assumes you know that you need an email address It assumes you can dream up the address 73583844 from some magic garden somewhere I don't know what else it requires, but I'm pretty sure I'd never be able to do it.
--doug
Doug McGarrett composed on 2021-02-05 13:01 (UTC-0500):
Felix Miata wrote:
Doug McGarrett composed on 2021-02-05 01:26 (UTC-0500):
Suppose you never heard of Artha. If you had Synaptic, you could scroll thru it. You come to Artha. It says something like Thesaurus and dictionary....
How does that differ from YaST2?: https://paste.opensuse.org/view/raw/73583844
Well, it assumes you know that you need an email address It assumes you can dream up the address 73583844 from some magic garden somewhere I don't know what else it requires, but I'm pretty sure I'd never be able to do it. What is the "it" that you perceive requires an email address?
That 73583844 is assigned by susepaste.org to the YaST2 image that I uploaded to susepaste.org to demonstrate how YaST2 produces output like you described about Synaptic. Where do you see any requirement for anything in that image, or in my previous post. -- Evolution as taught in public schools, like religion, is based on faith, not on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
On 2/5/21 1:59 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
Doug McGarrett composed on 2021-02-05 13:01 (UTC-0500):
Felix Miata wrote:
Doug McGarrett composed on 2021-02-05 01:26 (UTC-0500):
Suppose you never heard of Artha. If you had Synaptic, you could scroll thru it. You come to Artha. It says something like Thesaurus and dictionary.... How does that differ from YaST2?: https://paste.opensuse.org/view/raw/73583844 Well, it assumes you know that you need an email address It assumes you can dream up the address 73583844 from some magic garden somewhere I don't know what else it requires, but I'm pretty sure I'd never be able to do it. What is the "it" that you perceive requires an email address?
That 73583844 is assigned by susepaste.org to the YaST2 image that I uploaded to susepaste.org to demonstrate how YaST2 produces output like you described about Synaptic.
Where do you see any requirement for anything in that image, or in my previous post. A post from Mr. Shanahan says
whereis is still there but perhaps you neglected to install it. it is provided by util-linux-2.36.1-1.1.x86_64 How do I install the file whereis located in util-linux-2.36.1-1.1.x86_64? Thanx--doug
On 06/02/2021 01.11, Doug McGarrett wrote:
On 2/5/21 1:59 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
Doug McGarrett composed on 2021-02-05 13:01 (UTC-0500):
Felix Miata wrote:
A post from Mr. Shanahan says
whereis is still there but perhaps you neglected to install it. it is provided by util-linux-2.36.1-1.1.x86_64
How do I install the file whereis located in util-linux-2.36.1-1.1.x86_64?
I have explained this more than once. You open "yast", click on "software management", then click on "search" - same as the photos you have seen. You type "util-linux", you click on the button "search", then you click on the package it finds (so that it displays a green tick mark), and then on "accept" to proceed with the installation. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar)
On 05/02/2021 19.01, Doug McGarrett wrote:
On 2/5/21 1:48 AM, Felix Miata wrote:
Doug McGarrett composed on 2021-02-05 01:26 (UTC-0500):
Suppose you never heard of Artha. If you had Synaptic, you could scroll thru it. You come to Artha. It says something like Thesaurus and dictionary.... How does that differ from YaST2?: https://paste.opensuse.org/view/raw/73583844 Well, it assumes you know that you need an email address It assumes you can dream up the address 73583844 from some magic garden somewhere I don't know what else it requires, but I'm pretty sure I'd never be able to do it.
Man, that link is just the place where Felix stored the photo. Just look at the photo! It is as if I point at the moon and you comment on my finger. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar)
Carlos E. R. composed on 2021-02-05 21:20 (UTC+0100):
It is as if I point at the moon and you comment on my finger.
ROFLOL :-D -- Evolution as taught in public schools, like religion, is based on faith, not on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
On 2021-02-05 07:26, Doug McGarrett wrote:
Someone who has used Linux for years may expect to have that combination.
There is also "Discover". From the info: Discover is a graphical software manager for the KDE Plasma desktop It helps users to find software they might want easily and quickly. By allowing to navigate a software library by search, categories, top lists along with detailed application information including screenshots and reviews, users can more quickly find applications that suit their needs. It's probably already installed on your system. If not: zypper install discover -- /bengan
On 05/02/2021 09.34, Bengt Gördén wrote:
On 2021-02-05 07:26, Doug McGarrett wrote:
Someone who has used Linux for years may expect to have that combination.
There is also "Discover". From the info:
Discover is a graphical software manager for the KDE Plasma desktop It helps users to find software they might want easily and quickly.
By allowing to navigate a software library by search, categories, top lists along with detailed application information including screenshots and reviews, users can more quickly find applications that suit their needs.
It's probably already installed on your system. If not:
zypper install discover
No, it was not installed in my Leap 15.2, I just did. I started it and it asked out of the blue for my PGP encryption password. WHAT? Anyway, I gave it, and now it claims "unable to load applications, Please verify Internet connectivity". Which is obviously absurd, there is internet connectivity. And shows no application whatsoever. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar)
On 2021-02-05 13:21, Carlos E. R. wrote:
No, it was not installed in my Leap 15.2, I just did. I started it and it asked out of the blue for my PGP encryption password. WHAT?
Sorry for that. I should have stated that it's installed with TW. Since.....don't know but I've seen it around for quite some time. -- /bengan
On Fri, Feb 05, 2021 at 09:34:11AM +0100, Bengt Gördén wrote:
On 2021-02-05 07:26, Doug McGarrett wrote:
Someone who has used Linux for years may expect to have that combination.
There is also "Discover". From the info:
Doug, I think you'll appreciate Discover, here's a quick screenshot: https://susepaste.org/60719239 As well as browsing through the category headings you can explicitly search for things related ("photo" in the screenshot). Sometimes you'll find you already have great programs installed, as "we only know what we know", or they're just a few clicks away with the Install button. Daniel
On 2/5/21 7:59 AM, Daniel Morris wrote:
On Fri, Feb 05, 2021 at 09:34:11AM +0100, Bengt Gördén wrote:
On 2021-02-05 07:26, Doug McGarrett wrote:
Someone who has used Linux for years may expect to have that combination. There is also "Discover". From the info: Doug, I think you'll appreciate Discover, here's a quick screenshot:
https://susepaste.org/60719239
As well as browsing through the category headings you can explicitly search for things related ("photo" in the screenshot).
Sometimes you'll find you already have great programs installed, as "we only know what we know", or they're just a few clicks away with the Install button.
Daniel OK, forgot about that.--doug
On 2/5/21 3:34 AM, Bengt Gördén wrote:
On 2021-02-05 07:26, Doug McGarrett wrote:
Someone who has used Linux for years may expect to have that combination.
There is also "Discover". From the info:
Discover is a graphical software manager for the KDE Plasma desktop It helps users to find software they might want easily and quickly.
By allowing to navigate a software library by search, categories, top lists along with detailed application information including screenshots and reviews, users can more quickly find applications that suit their needs.
It's probably already installed on your system. If not:
zypper install discover
OK, you're right. Discover does list a batch of apps. Except that the files listed are not in any rational order, I suppose one could say that it takes the place of synaptics. Maybe. But while I'm at it, some other useful commands have been eliminated for no apparent reason-- one that comes to mind right away is whereis and I had thought of another but now it slips what's left of my mind! Oh, well. . . . --doug
* Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> [02-05-21 13:50]:
On 2/5/21 3:34 AM, Bengt Gördén wrote:
On 2021-02-05 07:26, Doug McGarrett wrote:
Someone who has used Linux for years may expect to have that combination.
There is also "Discover". From the info:
Discover is a graphical software manager for the KDE Plasma desktop It helps users to find software they might want easily and quickly.
By allowing to navigate a software library by search, categories, top lists along with detailed application information including screenshots and reviews, users can more quickly find applications that suit their needs.
It's probably already installed on your system. If not:
zypper install discover
OK, you're right. Discover does list a batch of apps. Except that the files listed are not in any rational order, I suppose one could say that it takes the place of synaptics. Maybe.
But while I'm at it, some other useful commands have been eliminated for no apparent reason-- one that comes to mind right away is whereis and I had thought of another but now it slips what's left of my mind! Oh, well. . . .
whereis is still there but perhaps you neglected to install it. it is provided by util-linux-2.36.1-1.1.x86_64 -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode
On 2/5/21 1:58 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> [02-05-21 13:50]:
On 2/5/21 3:34 AM, Bengt Gördén wrote:
On 2021-02-05 07:26, Doug McGarrett wrote:
Someone who has used Linux for years may expect to have that combination. There is also "Discover". From the info:
Discover is a graphical software manager for the KDE Plasma desktop It helps users to find software they might want easily and quickly.
By allowing to navigate a software library by search, categories, top lists along with detailed application information including screenshots and reviews, users can more quickly find applications that suit their needs.
It's probably already installed on your system. If not:
zypper install discover
OK, you're right. Discover does list a batch of apps. Except that the files listed are not in any rational order, I suppose one could say that it takes the place of synaptics. Maybe.
But while I'm at it, some other useful commands have been eliminated for no apparent reason-- one that comes to mind right away is whereis and I had thought of another but now it slips what's left of my mind! Oh, well. . . .
whereis is still there but perhaps you neglected to install it. it is provided by util-linux-2.36.1-1.1.x86_64 Please tell me how to install that. Thanx--doug
* Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> [02-05-21 18:13]:
On 2/5/21 1:58 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> [02-05-21 13:50]:
On 2/5/21 3:34 AM, Bengt Gördén wrote:
On 2021-02-05 07:26, Doug McGarrett wrote:
Someone who has used Linux for years may expect to have that combination. There is also "Discover". From the info:
Discover is a graphical software manager for the KDE Plasma desktop It helps users to find software they might want easily and quickly.
By allowing to navigate a software library by search, categories, top lists along with detailed application information including screenshots and reviews, users can more quickly find applications that suit their needs.
It's probably already installed on your system. If not:
zypper install discover
OK, you're right. Discover does list a batch of apps. Except that the files listed are not in any rational order, I suppose one could say that it takes the place of synaptics. Maybe.
But while I'm at it, some other useful commands have been eliminated for no apparent reason-- one that comes to mind right away is whereis and I had thought of another but now it slips what's left of my mind! Oh, well. . . .
whereis is still there but perhaps you neglected to install it. it is provided by util-linux-2.36.1-1.1.x86_64 Please tell me how to install that. Thanx--doug
as you would any other app using zypper zypper -v in util-linux-2.36.1-1.1.x86_64 -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode
On Fri 05 Feb 2021 06:12:22 PM CST, Doug McGarrett wrote: <snip>
But while I'm at it, some other useful commands have been eliminated for no apparent reason-- one that comes to mind right away is whereis and I had thought of another but now it slips what's left of my mind! Oh, well. . . . whereis is still there but perhaps you neglected to install it. it is provided by util-linux-2.36.1-1.1.x86_64 Please tell me how to install that. Thanx--doug
Hi Doug It there is a command you know of that you need, ensure the package command-not-found is installed; zypper in command-not-found Then you can run ; cnf whereis Then you will get output on what to do if not installed, in my case it's installed so I see; Program 'whereis' is present in package 'util-linux', which is installed on your system. Absolute path to 'whereis' is '/usr/bin/whereis'. Please check your $PATH variable to see whether it contains the mentioned path. -- Cheers Malcolm °¿° SUSE Knowledge Partner (Linux Counter #276890) Tumbleweed 20210203 | GNOME Shell 3.38.3 | 5.10.12-1-default Intel DQ77MK MB | Xeon E3-1245 V2 X8 @ 3.40 GHz | Intel/Nvidia up 1:22, 2 users, load average: 0.07, 0.15, 0.49
On 2/5/21 6:12 PM, Doug McGarrett wrote:
On 2/5/21 1:58 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> [02-05-21 13:50]:
On 2/5/21 3:34 AM, Bengt Gördén wrote:
On 2021-02-05 07:26, Doug McGarrett wrote:
Someone who has used Linux for years may expect to have that combination. There is also "Discover". From the info:
Discover is a graphical software manager for the KDE Plasma desktop It helps users to find software they might want easily and quickly.
By allowing to navigate a software library by search, categories, top lists along with detailed application information including screenshots and reviews, users can more quickly find applications that suit their needs.
It's probably already installed on your system. If not:
zypper install discover
OK, you're right. Discover does list a batch of apps. Except that the files listed are not in any rational order, I suppose one could say that it takes the place of synaptics. Maybe.
But while I'm at it, some other useful commands have been eliminated for no apparent reason-- one that comes to mind right away is whereis and I had thought of another but now it slips what's left of my mind! Oh, well. . . .
whereis is still there but perhaps you neglected to install it. it is provided by util-linux-2.36.1-1.1.x86_64 Please tell me how to install that. Thanx--doug
Just use YaST Software (please!) to Search for 'util-linux'. You don't need to know the version beforehand. Comes right up. --dg
On 05/02/2021 07.26, Doug McGarrett wrote:
On 2/4/21 10:31 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 05/02/2021 03.11, Doug McGarrett wrote:
J Leslie Turriff composed on 2021-02-03 20:18 (UTC-0600):
Felix Miata wrote:
...often... But not always Does often in any way equate to always? No, what it is, is a rough equivalent to
*not* always.
Debian and progeny often turn into a big waste of time with terms like apt, apt-get, apt-mark, apt-cache, aptitude, dpkg, adept, synaptic, full-upgrade, safe-upgrade, upgrade, dist-upgrade, do-release-upgrade, gdebi & dselect, not to mention absence of root login (in a standard installation: sudo). I miss something like synaptic, which was in the old PCLOS. Not only
On 2/4/21 2:48 AM, Felix Miata wrote: the names of apps, but a very brief description of what they were supposed to do. AFAIK, there is nothing in OpenSUSE that replaces it. Well, you are wrong, because YaST, zypper, and rpm can give you that brief description.
cer@Telcontar:~> rpm -qi glibc Name : glibc ... Summary : Standard Shared Libraries (from the GNU C Library) Description : The GNU C Library provides the most important standard libraries used by nearly all programs: the standard C library, the standard math library, and the POSIX thread library. A system is not functional without these libraries. Distribution: openSUSE Leap 15.2 cer@Telcontar:~>
I think this misses the point. Suppose you never heard of Artha. If you had Synaptic, you could scroll thru it. You come to Artha. It says something like Thesaurus and dictionary. So you install it, find out you like it and keep it. If you didn't like it, you zapped it. Now you have only Yast, zypper, and rpm. How do you find Artha? (Well Firefox probably would find it, but that's cheating!) Also, for someone who has used apt-get install, it used to work here. What has been gained by removing it? Someone who has used Linux for years may expect to have that combination. Well, anyway, I learned something: I didn't realize that rpm could be used this way. But only if you know to ask about glibc. (For instance.)
As you can see in the photo posted by Felix on his reply, that information is in YaST (which is not yet installed). See there is a tab named "search"? Well, click on it, then type "thesaurus", hit enter, and YaST will find for you all packages that contain that word - you can tick "description" to only search the description database. There was another view tab in YaST that has been removed recently which allowed you to search packages by categories. Say, office, games, etc. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar)
On 2/5/21 7:17 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 05/02/2021 07.26, Doug McGarrett wrote:
On 2/4/21 10:31 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 05/02/2021 03.11, Doug McGarrett wrote:
J Leslie Turriff composed on 2021-02-03 20:18 (UTC-0600):
Felix Miata wrote: > ...often... But not always Does often in any way equate to always? No, what it is, is a rough equivalent to
*not* always.
Debian and progeny often turn into a big waste of time with terms like apt, apt-get, apt-mark, apt-cache, aptitude, dpkg, adept, synaptic, full-upgrade, safe-upgrade, upgrade, dist-upgrade, do-release-upgrade, gdebi & dselect, not to mention absence of root login (in a standard installation: sudo). I miss something like synaptic, which was in the old PCLOS. Not only
On 2/4/21 2:48 AM, Felix Miata wrote: the names of apps, but a very brief description of what they were supposed to do. AFAIK, there is nothing in OpenSUSE that replaces it. Well, you are wrong, because YaST, zypper, and rpm can give you that brief description.
cer@Telcontar:~> rpm -qi glibc Name : glibc ... Summary : Standard Shared Libraries (from the GNU C Library) Description : The GNU C Library provides the most important standard libraries used by nearly all programs: the standard C library, the standard math library, and the POSIX thread library. A system is not functional without these libraries. Distribution: openSUSE Leap 15.2 cer@Telcontar:~>
I think this misses the point. Suppose you never heard of Artha. If you had Synaptic, you could scroll thru it. You come to Artha. It says something like Thesaurus and dictionary. So you install it, find out you like it and keep it. If you didn't like it, you zapped it. Now you have only Yast, zypper, and rpm. How do you find Artha? (Well Firefox probably would find it, but that's cheating!) Also, for someone who has used apt-get install, it used to work here. What has been gained by removing it? Someone who has used Linux for years may expect to have that combination. Well, anyway, I learned something: I didn't realize that rpm could be used this way. But only if you know to ask about glibc. (For instance.)
As you can see in the photo posted by Felix on his reply, that information is in YaST (which is not yet installed). What is not yet installed? YaST is installed everywhere, by default.
See there is a tab named "search"? Well, click on it, then type "thesaurus", hit enter, and YaST will find for you all packages that contain that word - you can tick "description" to only search the description database. No, there is not a tab named "search" --at least not in my YaST. But I haven't updated the system in 10 days or so. Maybe it's there now. I'll run the update now and see. --doug
There was another view tab in YaST that has been removed recently which allowed you to search packages by categories. Say, office, games, etc.
Doug McGarrett composed on 2021-02-05 14:04 (UTC-0500):
Carlos E. R. wrote:
See there is a tab named "search"? Well, click on it, then type "thesaurus", hit enter, and YaST will find for you all packages that contain that word - you can tick "description" to only search the description database.
No, there is not a tab named "search" --at least not in my YaST.
Click the "View" tab, then in it click "Search", and a "Search" tab will appear. Right click on any tab, and you'll be offered a choice to move the tab, or hide it. -- Evolution as taught in public schools, like religion, is based on faith, not on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
On 05/02/2021 20.04, Doug McGarrett wrote:
On 2/5/21 7:17 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 05/02/2021 07.26, Doug McGarrett wrote:
On 2/4/21 10:31 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 05/02/2021 03.11, Doug McGarrett wrote:
I think this misses the point. Suppose you never heard of Artha. If you had Synaptic, you could scroll thru it. You come to Artha. It says something like Thesaurus and dictionary. So you install it, find out you like it and keep it. If you didn't like it, you zapped it. Now you have only Yast, zypper, and rpm. How do you find Artha? (Well Firefox probably would find it, but that's cheating!) Also, for someone who has used apt-get install, it used to work here. What has been gained by removing it? Someone who has used Linux for years may expect to have that combination. Well, anyway, I learned something: I didn't realize that rpm could be used this way. But only if you know to ask about glibc. (For instance.)
As you can see in the photo posted by Felix on his reply, that information is in YaST (which is not yet installed). What is not yet installed? YaST is installed everywhere, by default.
artha.
See there is a tab named "search"? Well, click on it, then type "thesaurus", hit enter, and YaST will find for you all packages that contain that word - you can tick "description" to only search the description database.
No, there is not a tab named "search" --at least not in my YaST.
If it doesn't show in your yast, just select it in View.
But I haven't updated the system in 10 days or so. Maybe it's there now. I'll run the update now and see.
It has been there for decades. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar)
On 2/5/21 2:04 PM, Doug McGarrett wrote:
On 2/5/21 7:17 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 05/02/2021 07.26, Doug McGarrett wrote:
On 2/4/21 10:31 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 05/02/2021 03.11, Doug McGarrett wrote:
J Leslie Turriff composed on 2021-02-03 20:18 (UTC-0600):
> Felix Miata wrote: >> ...often... > But not always Does often in any way equate to always? No, what it is, is a rough equivalent to
*not* always.
Debian and progeny often turn into a big waste of time with terms like apt, apt-get, apt-mark, apt-cache, aptitude, dpkg, adept, synaptic, full-upgrade, safe-upgrade, upgrade, dist-upgrade, do-release-upgrade, gdebi & dselect, not to mention absence of root login (in a standard installation: sudo). I miss something like synaptic, which was in the old PCLOS. Not only
On 2/4/21 2:48 AM, Felix Miata wrote: the names of apps, but a very brief description of what they were supposed to do. AFAIK, there is nothing in OpenSUSE that replaces it. Well, you are wrong, because YaST, zypper, and rpm can give you that brief description.
cer@Telcontar:~> rpm -qi glibc Name : glibc ... Summary : Standard Shared Libraries (from the GNU C Library) Description : The GNU C Library provides the most important standard libraries used by nearly all programs: the standard C library, the standard math library, and the POSIX thread library. A system is not functional without these libraries. Distribution: openSUSE Leap 15.2 cer@Telcontar:~>
I think this misses the point. Suppose you never heard of Artha. If you had Synaptic, you could scroll thru it. You come to Artha. It says something like Thesaurus and dictionary. So you install it, find out you like it and keep it. If you didn't like it, you zapped it. Now you have only Yast, zypper, and rpm. How do you find Artha? (Well Firefox probably would find it, but that's cheating!) Also, for someone who has used apt-get install, it used to work here. What has been gained by removing it? Someone who has used Linux for years may expect to have that combination. Well, anyway, I learned something: I didn't realize that rpm could be used this way. But only if you know to ask about glibc. (For instance.)
As you can see in the photo posted by Felix on his reply, that information is in YaST (which is not yet installed). What is not yet installed? YaST is installed everywhere, by default.
See there is a tab named "search"? Well, click on it, then type "thesaurus", hit enter, and YaST will find for you all packages that contain that word - you can tick "description" to only search the description database. No, there is not a tab named "search" --at least not in my YaST. But I haven't updated the system in 10 days or so. Maybe it's there now. I'll run the update now and see. --doug
OK, yes there is a box named search. I put in thesaurus and hit return and nothing happened. I know that box was there all along. I think you need to have the actually name of the app. --doug
There was another view tab in YaST that has been removed recently which allowed you to search packages by categories. Say, office, games, etc.
On 05/02/2021 21.40, Doug McGarrett wrote:
On 2/5/21 2:04 PM, Doug McGarrett wrote:
On 2/5/21 7:17 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
As you can see in the photo posted by Felix on his reply, that information is in YaST (which is not yet installed). What is not yet installed? YaST is installed everywhere, by default.
See there is a tab named "search"? Well, click on it, then type "thesaurus", hit enter, and YaST will find for you all packages that contain that word - you can tick "description" to only search the description database. No, there is not a tab named "search" --at least not in my YaST. But I haven't updated the system in 10 days or so. Maybe it's there now. I'll run the update now and see.
OK, yes there is a box named search. I put in thesaurus and hit return and nothing happened. I know that box was there all along. I think you need to have the actually name of the app.
You have to try read everything we tell you. You forgot to tick on "description", to search inside the descriptions. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar)
On 2/5/21 4:09 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 05/02/2021 21.40, Doug McGarrett wrote:
On 2/5/21 2:04 PM, Doug McGarrett wrote:
On 2/5/21 7:17 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
As you can see in the photo posted by Felix on his reply, that information is in YaST (which is not yet installed). What is not yet installed? YaST is installed everywhere, by default. See there is a tab named "search"? Well, click on it, then type "thesaurus", hit enter, and YaST will find for you all packages that contain that word - you can tick "description" to only search the description database. No, there is not a tab named "search" --at least not in my YaST. But I haven't updated the system in 10 days or so. Maybe it's there now. I'll run the update now and see. OK, yes there is a box named search. I put in thesaurus and hit return and nothing happened. I know that box was there all along. I think you need to have the actually name of the app. You have to try read everything we tell you. You forgot to tick on "description", to search inside the descriptions.
The default search includes "Summary", which would also have returned "artha". There are seven attributes you can search in. Additionally, note the Search Mode below, of which there are five. The default is "Contains", so e.g. if you had only entered the "saur" (from the middle of "thesaurus") it would still have found "artha". --dg
On 05/02/2021 22.29, DennisG wrote:
On 2/5/21 4:09 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 05/02/2021 21.40, Doug McGarrett wrote:
On 2/5/21 2:04 PM, Doug McGarrett wrote:
On 2/5/21 7:17 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
As you can see in the photo posted by Felix on his reply, that information is in YaST (which is not yet installed). What is not yet installed? YaST is installed everywhere, by default. See there is a tab named "search"? Well, click on it, then type "thesaurus", hit enter, and YaST will find for you all packages that contain that word - you can tick "description" to only search the description database. No, there is not a tab named "search" --at least not in my YaST. But I haven't updated the system in 10 days or so. Maybe it's there now. I'll run the update now and see. OK, yes there is a box named search. I put in thesaurus and hit return and nothing happened. I know that box was there all along. I think you need to have the actually name of the app. You have to try read everything we tell you. You forgot to tick on "description", to search inside the descriptions.
The default search includes "Summary", which would also have returned "artha". There are seven attributes you can search in.
Additionally, note the Search Mode below, of which there are five. The default is "Contains", so e.g. if you had only entered the "saur" (from the middle of "thesaurus") it would still have found "artha".
True, it does. I just tested. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar)
Doug McGarrett composed on 2021-02-05 15:40 (UTC-0500):
OK, yes there is a box named search. I put in thesaurus and hit return and nothing happened.
Works as expected here: <https://susepaste.org/view/raw/71443566> -- Evolution as taught in public schools, like religion, is based on faith, not on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
On 2/5/21 5:36 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
Doug McGarrett composed on 2021-02-05 15:40 (UTC-0500):
OK, yes there is a box named search. I put in thesaurus and hit return and nothing happened.
Works as expected here: <https://susepaste.org/view/raw/71443566> The picture show YaST2. How do you get to YaST2? --doug
Doug McGarrett composed on 2021-02-06 20:19 (UTC-0500):
The picture show YaST2. How do you get to YaST2?
If X is running, you should be able to find it under "System" in your menu starter, depending on which DE or WM you are using. Or, from an X terminal or from "run command" (to go directly to software management): sudo yast2 sw_single -- Evolution as taught in public schools, like religion, is based on faith, not on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
On 2/6/21 8:19 PM, Doug McGarrett wrote:
On 2/5/21 5:36 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
Doug McGarrett composed on 2021-02-05 15:40 (UTC-0500):
OK, yes there is a box named search. I put in thesaurus and hit return and nothing happened.
Works as expected here: <https://susepaste.org/view/raw/71443566> The picture show YaST2. How do you get to YaST2? --doug
YaST2 is the program name for YaST; it runs the YaST Main Menu from which all the YaST utilities can be run. In KDE it is on the System menu (and also Settings) under the Application Menu. --dg
On 2021-02-07 17:07:49 DennisG wrote:
|On 2/6/21 8:19 PM, Doug McGarrett wrote: |> On 2/5/21 5:36 PM, Felix Miata wrote: |>> Doug McGarrett composed on 2021-02-05 15:40 (UTC-0500): |>>> OK, yes there is a box named search. I put in thesaurus and hit return |>>> and nothing happened. |>> |>> Works as expected here: |>> <https://susepaste.org/view/raw/71443566> |> |> The picture show YaST2. How do you get to YaST2? |> --doug | |YaST2 is the program name for YaST; it runs the YaST Main Menu from |which all the YaST utilities can be run. In KDE it is on the System |menu (and also Settings) under the Application Menu. | |--dg
Specifically, YaST2 is the name for the YaST GUI. (Originally, YaST was just the TUI version that runs in a terminal.) Leslie -- openSUSE Leap 15.2 x86_64
On 09/02/2021 01.15, Knurpht-openSUSE wrote:
Op zondag 7 februari 2021 02:19:22 CET schreef Doug McGarrett:
The picture show YaST2. How do you get to YaST2? Can we please keep this list on-topic?
He is the Original Poster, he defines with what he needs help with, not us. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar)
Op dinsdag 9 februari 2021 02:40:15 CET schreef Carlos E.R.:
On 09/02/2021 01.15, Knurpht-openSUSE wrote:
Op zondag 7 februari 2021 02:19:22 CET schreef Doug McGarrett:
The picture show YaST2. How do you get to YaST2?
Can we please keep this list on-topic?
He is the Original Poster, he defines with what he needs help with, not us. a "Please start a new thread, with a proper title, that might raise your chances of finding a solution for your issue." ?
-- Gertjan Lettink a.k.a. Knurpht openSUSE Board openSUSE Forums Team
On 09/02/2021 03.01, Knurpht-openSUSE wrote:
Op dinsdag 9 februari 2021 02:40:15 CET schreef Carlos E.R.:
On 09/02/2021 01.15, Knurpht-openSUSE wrote:
Op zondag 7 februari 2021 02:19:22 CET schreef Doug McGarrett:
The picture show YaST2. How do you get to YaST2?
Can we please keep this list on-topic?
He is the Original Poster, he defines with what he needs help with, not us. a "Please start a new thread, with a proper title, that might raise your chances of finding a solution for your issue." ?
And then he starts a dozen new posts, and each time he has to explain why he ask that, because we lose track of the context? -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar)
snip > No, there is not a tab named "search" --at least not in my YaST. But > I haven't updated the system in 10 days or so. Maybe it's
On 2/5/21 2:04 PM, Doug McGarrett wrote: there now. > I'll run the update now and see. --doug >> >> >> There was another view tab in YaST that has been removed recently >> which allowed you to search packages by categories. Say, office, >> games, etc. >> >> >> Of course there is a Search facility in /your/ YaST Software. The tab is between the "View" and "Installation Summary" tabs (and is also a choice under the View tab). This Search is very flexible and powerful, and much more so than what I remember from working with Synaptics. And the Discover tool, while having a nice simple interface, is not near as powerful as YaST. Think maybe it would be a good idea to familiarize yourself with YaST? And maybe stay away as much as possible from the terminal; you only borrow trouble using rpm, zypper, and even basic commands or syntax which clearly are not familiar to you. There is very little that you need to do on your system that can't be done with the included gui tools - if you learn them. --dg
Op vrijdag 5 februari 2021 21:41:12 CET schreef DennisG:
On 2/5/21 2:04 PM, Doug McGarrett wrote:
snip > No, there is not a tab named "search" --at least not in my
YaST. But > I haven't updated the system in 10 days or so. Maybe it's there now. > I'll run the update now and see. --doug >> >> >> There was another view tab in YaST that has been removed recently >> which allowed you to search packages by categories. Say, office, >> games, etc. >> >> >> Of course there is a Search facility in /your/ YaST Software. The tab is between the "View" and "Installation Summary" tabs (and is also a choice under the View tab). This Search is very flexible and powerful, and much more so than what I remember from working with Synaptics. And the Discover tool, while having a nice simple interface, is not near as powerful as YaST.
Think maybe it would be a good idea to familiarize yourself with YaST? And maybe stay away as much as possible from the terminal; you only borrow trouble using rpm, zypper, and even basic commands or syntax which clearly are not familiar to you. There is very little that you need to do on your system that can't be done with the included gui tools - if you learn them.
--dg Can we please keep this on-topic? I.e. new issue, new topic? Just so others may benefit from it,
-- Gertjan Lettink a.k.a. Knurpht openSUSE Board openSUSE Forums Team
On 2/3/21 9:07 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
Doug McGarrett composed on 2021-02-03 20:04 (UTC-0500):
(In the meantime, I might observe that some older bash Linux commands have, for some reason, been removed from the system. One I can think of is apt-get, but I have run across others.) Apt-get isn't a "Linux" command. It's a Debian package management command. openSUSE isn't a Debian, or Debian derived (which is what *buntus and Mint and many more distros are). openSUSE uses an entirely different package management system (comprised of zypper, rpm and yast*). When Googling for help, it's often best to ignore hits that include apt, buntu, mint, neon or debian in title or URL. Yes, I have looked it up, and find that it was invented by Ubuntu, but it worked in OpenSUSE as recently as April 2019 release. It also used to work in PCLOS, 6 years ago-- don't know about now after they castrated it. And yes, I do ignore references to the deb system distros. --doug
Carlos E.R. composed on 2021-02-03 23:15 (UTC+0100):
Doug McGarrett wrote:
Please help me rename this file eset_nod32av_64bit_en(1).linux in my /home/doug/Downloads directory so as to get rid of the ( 1 ). I thought I knew how, and the man doesn't seem to help, and it keeps coming back with the paren section, thus: doug@linux1:~/Downloads> rename eset_nod32av_64bit_en\(1\).linux eset_nod32av_64bit_en.linux /home/doug/Downloads It doesn't complain, but it doesn't do the job, either.
No. Don't do that. We told you what to do.
What's the problem? o_O It's in his own personal downloads directory. Instead of rename, try mc, select the file, then shift-F4 in a vtty, or shift-F6 if you're in a GUI environment (Konsole, Xterm, etc.). There's a lot less typing involved, less opportunity for mistakes, simply delete or backspace three characters, easy to redo if you do mess up. About installing an antivirus app, as others have said, Linux users have no need for it. -- Evolution as taught in public schools, like religion, is based on faith, not on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
On 04/02/2021 00.22, Felix Miata wrote:
Carlos E.R. composed on 2021-02-03 23:15 (UTC+0100):
Doug McGarrett wrote:
Please help me rename this file eset_nod32av_64bit_en(1).linux in my /home/doug/Downloads directory so as to get rid of the ( 1 ). I thought I knew how, and the man doesn't seem to help, and it keeps coming back with the paren section, thus: doug@linux1:~/Downloads> rename eset_nod32av_64bit_en\(1\).linux eset_nod32av_64bit_en.linux /home/doug/Downloads It doesn't complain, but it doesn't do the job, either.
No. Don't do that. We told you what to do.
What's the problem? o_O It's in his own personal downloads directory.
The problem is that he is shooting his own foot again and again. Then his system goes bonkers, goes for help here, and finally has to reinstall again. He just has to install the library using YaST, it is a standard library, not downloading it from random sites as he usually does. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar)
On Wed 03 Feb 2021 05:09:34 PM CST, Doug McGarrett wrote:
Please help me rename this file eset_nod32av_64bit_en(1).linux in my /home/doug/Downloads directory so as to get rid of the ( 1 ). I thought I knew how, and the man doesn't seem to help, and it keeps coming back with the paren section, thus: doug@linux1:~/Downloads> rename eset_nod32av_64bit_en\(1\).linux eset_nod32av_64bit_en.linux /home/doug/Downloads It doesn't complain, but it doesn't do the job, either.
Thanx. --doug
Hi Use the mv command.... ls Downloads/eset* Downloads/eset_nod32av_64bit_en(1).linux mv Downloads/eset_nod32av_64bit_en\(1\).linux Downloads/eset_nod32av_64bit_en.linux ls Downloads/eset* Downloads/eset_nod32av_64bit_en.linux -- Cheers Malcolm °¿° SUSE Knowledge Partner (Linux Counter #276890) Tumbleweed 20210202 | GNOME Shell 3.38.3 | 5.10.12-1-default Intel DQ77MK MB | Xeon E3-1245 V2 X8 @ 3.40 GHz | Intel/Nvidia up 4:06, 2 users, load average: 0.34, 0.71, 0.91
On 2/3/21 6:13 PM, Malcolm wrote:
On Wed 03 Feb 2021 05:09:34 PM CST, Doug McGarrett wrote:
Please help me rename this file eset_nod32av_64bit_en(1).linux in my /home/doug/Downloads directory so as to get rid of the ( 1 ). I thought I knew how, and the man doesn't seem to help, and it keeps coming back with the paren section, thus: doug@linux1:~/Downloads> rename eset_nod32av_64bit_en\(1\).linux eset_nod32av_64bit_en.linux /home/doug/Downloads It doesn't complain, but it doesn't do the job, either.
Thanx. --doug
Hi Use the mv command....
ls Downloads/eset* Downloads/eset_nod32av_64bit_en(1).linux
mv Downloads/eset_nod32av_64bit_en\(1\).linux Downloads/eset_nod32av_64bit_en.linux
ls Downloads/eset* Downloads/eset_nod32av_64bit_en.linux
Thank you. I probably used mv in the past, and forgot. It's been a long time since I fiddled with the files in Linux. --doug
On 2/3/21 6:24 PM, Doug McGarrett wrote:
On 2/3/21 6:13 PM, Malcolm wrote:
On Wed 03 Feb 2021 05:09:34 PM CST, Doug McGarrett wrote:
Please help me rename this file eset_nod32av_64bit_en(1).linux in /snip/ Thanx. --doug
Hi Use the mv command....
Did that. All OK, except I found out that the (1) is PART OF THE FILE NAME! Live and learn!
On 04/02/2021 00.13, Malcolm wrote:
On Wed 03 Feb 2021 05:09:34 PM CST, Doug McGarrett wrote:
Please help me rename this file eset_nod32av_64bit_en(1).linux in my /home/doug/Downloads directory so as to get rid of the ( 1 ). I thought I knew how, and the man doesn't seem to help, and it keeps coming back with the paren section, thus: doug@linux1:~/Downloads> rename eset_nod32av_64bit_en\(1\).linux eset_nod32av_64bit_en.linux /home/doug/Downloads It doesn't complain, but it doesn't do the job, either.
Thanx. --doug
Hi Use the mv command....
Well, then when he destroys his system, you help him next. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar)
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