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gt8ost4l
June 25th, 2009, 05:03 PM
can anybody here help me install ubuntu live support because when i tried to install the package an error occurred so can anybody help me install it
ddrichardson
June 25th, 2009, 05:08 PM
What was the error?
gt8ost4l
June 25th, 2009, 05:19 PM
What was the error?
everytime i try to install the package i got this error
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13 Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/)
now its saying couldnt find the package
oldos2er
June 25th, 2009, 06:09 PM
Are you using sudo in your command?
sudo apt-get install [package name]
gt8ost4l
June 25th, 2009, 06:18 PM
Are you using sudo in your command?
sudo apt-get install [package name]
yes i tried that n it says that its already installed newest version but its not in the menu heres the link n see if yu can install it https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuLiveChatSupport
ddrichardson
June 25th, 2009, 06:37 PM
Open a terminal and type
dpkg --listfiles packagenameThat'll tell you what was installed and where.
gt8ost4l
June 25th, 2009, 06:40 PM
Open a terminal and type
dpkg --listfiles packagenameThat'll tell you what was installed and where.
can you try to install it n tell me what happens next
ddrichardson
June 25th, 2009, 07:41 PM
can you try to install it n tell me what happens next
No, sorry helping is one thing but I'm not putting unneeded packages on a production system. If you installed it and it isn't working as expected then you should file a bug.
oldos2er
June 25th, 2009, 07:55 PM
yes i tried that n it says that its already installed newest version but its not in the menu heres the link n see if yu can install it https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuLiveChatSupport
Did you try restarting X, or rebooting? Occasionally menu items will not show until X is restarted.
gt8ost4l
June 25th, 2009, 08:44 PM
Did you try restarting X, or rebooting? Occasionally menu items will not show until X is restarted.
yes a bunch of times and still nothing
Sub101
June 25th, 2009, 08:51 PM
It should be installed in System ==> Help.
Have you checked there?
gt8ost4l
June 25th, 2009, 09:02 PM
It should be installed in System ==> Help.
Have you checked there?
yea its not there and i dont know why thats why im askin yu to try to see if it doesnt work for you either
oldos2er
June 26th, 2009, 01:05 AM
Have you tried running Gaim, and checking if the channels were added?
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