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Creech
03-10-2003, 02:42 AM
ok i created a directory for me to save packages for downloading. so i download the source for amsn-0.71.tar.gz, and i save it to the packages dir. it says that its 100 % downloaded and the save was successful. when i go to the /packages dir, there is nothing inside it. am i doing something wrong, bc im getting very discourages bc i cant seem to be able to do anything. thanks for any help u might be able to give.
rapture
03-10-2003, 02:53 AM
What are you using to download the program?? Are you absolutely sure you're saving to that directory??
chrism01
03-10-2003, 07:57 AM
concur with rapture. Try using the find cmd, starting from root dir ie '/' to find the file if its there at all.
Creech
03-12-2003, 10:33 AM
what do u mean what am i using to save. well i thought i was sure b/c the downloaded "whatever i migh be", said download and save 100% complete. then i even specified it to be saved to the dir that icreated. wheni went there to begin installing it, it wasnt there. alright well im in school now so ill try that tonight and ill get back to you. thanks a lot.
mdwatts
03-12-2003, 10:52 AM
Did you create the package directory within the users home directory or in '/' root?

/home/<user>/packages
or
/packages

If '/packages', did you create the directory using root as a normal user may not have correct permissions to write 'save files' to /packages.
Creech
03-12-2003, 11:05 AM
now that u mention it, i believe i musht have created the directory as a normal user b/c wheni tried to save it said i didnt hae the correct permissions to write to that directory. but then i switched over to root using the "su" command to change the permissions. i changed to permissions so that i could save. when i tried to save again under the normal user, thats when it said it aved but it wasnt there. however i might be wrong, so when i get home from school ill look and check then i ill get back to you. thanks a lot for your help.
Creech
03-12-2003, 11:30 PM
u were right. i created the directory as root so i dont have permissions. i think u use chmod to changed permissions right. but i can figure it out. could someone lend a little help. i tried chmod --help but that didnt get me anywhere either. also, i tried the man page, but im having some trouble following what its saying. thanks for any help u can give.
red_over_blue
03-12-2003, 11:51 PM
If you don't have anything in the directory, just remove it as root and re-create it as a normal user. Otherwise, you should change the permissions and the owner of the directory... see: chmod and chown
chrism01
03-13-2003, 07:08 AM
i would start by deciding which user you want to install/use it as and make sure its downloaded by that user into a dir owned by that user.
Although you can override ownerships/perms with chmod/chown, it generally leads to a messy inconsistent system in the end.
Best to get it correct from the start.
If it needs to be used by all/most users, then do it as root.
Eg any system level type SW eg DNS, Apache etc should always be installed from root.