you'll need the root password for that.
can always do sudo su - as well

till now i'm still unable to uncompress .rar files....

ubuntu guru, pls give me a hand..

thank you in advance.

You can install rar and unrar from the software repositories. I think you need to enable the universe repository before installing. Use:



Then you should be able to use the rar and unrar command line tools. Now rar support is also enabled in File Roller (Archive Manager).

let me try it out later tonite after i get back home...

thanx for yr adv

The easiest way to uncompress file is by using unp.

unp xxx.tar
unp xxx.bz
unp xxx.zip

almost every compression format supported (depends on compression library installed)

I'm using ubuntu 6.10 (edgy) and i have kiba-dock and beryl installed. The problem is kiba-dock always seems to overlay other applications. In other words, it is always on top. Is there any way to configure kiba dock to be always bottom(pin to desktop)?

when i try sudo apt-get unrar, it has prompted me:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Package unrar is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package unrar has no installation candidate

Yes, I'm having the same problem. Does anyone know how to solve this problem? It is somewhat annoying if the icons goes over the text.

You need to enable the multiverse repository. (Sorry, it was my mistake ). Open /etc/apt/sources.list using the root user, then add this line:



Change the "sg" to the mirror you want. If there's an existing "main" line, add "restricted" to it.

whenever i'm trying to install ubuntu -laptop/desktop, it always stuck at "security updating" then i have to skip it [failed] & continue with "apt configuring" ?? any idea?
i'm using the Ubuntu Cd's and also the iso cd i download from the net. both giving me the same troubles

babymilo83: why not try to ask in the ubuntu irc channel. i believe they can answer ur question very fast

oh isit? where's this irc channel?... sowieee, newbie here...

This post has been edited by babymilo83: Jan 5 2007, 12:16 AM

go to ubuntu.com, there's a info on irc channel.

server = irc.freenode.net
channel = #ubuntu

if u solve ur problem, dont forget to post it here yah

izzuddIN

any body can help me...?some problem with dual boot winxp and ubuntu..

some problem during install ubuntu ...step 6.(make partition for / and /root or etc..forgot already)

there is one unofficial project called "Winbuntu", go and check it out if u wish to try ubuntu.

it is like installing a s/w in window, and won affect ur window at all. check it out...

Well, what problem are you facing exactly?

i m try to install ubuntu with winxp intall previously (dual boot)..
how ever some problem is occur during the installing ...(step 6)
some thing like partition...how many space MB or GB is need for /, /root and etc that need for istalling ubuntu properly??

How much space could you allocate for Ubuntu?
It's better if you let us know that.
Then probably we can give you a rough estimate of /,/root and swap

for root partition u only need 5GB or 6GB.... that is the minimum i think if u r not going to install any other desktop environment like KDE... and u need swap partition, 512MB i guess is enough. my ubuntu and debian both only have 512MB swap, and never run any problem yet.

make sure u have free space to make partition for linux and be careful not to delete ur windows partition...

i plan to allocate about 10G for ubuntu is it good enough for it?what the minimum space size for ubuntu?what the recommended space size?

also any other partition need to be set...except the root and swap?

This post has been edited by jiant: Jan 26 2007, 10:58 PM