Homebrew PCBs

On Tuesday 27 November 2007 15:30, Dave wrote:
> Dylan Smith wrote:
>  > On Tue, 27 Nov 2007, Dave wrote:
> the installer would work but I think I need to mount the CD but have to
> figure out how to get to the "root". :)
> Dave
>
>
Ubuntu doesn't allow logins as "root" without some fooling around. All such 
commands are done using sudo. i.e. sudo locate -u to update the locate 
database. With no root user login the system is more secure. Putting sudo in 
front of a command executes it as root. It will ask you for your password 
before executing the command. To find out more about it go to 
Applications=>Acccessories=>terminal and open a terminal window, then type 
man sudo to get the manual page. Hope I'm not getting too elementary.

Stick the .iso disk in the CD drive and let the machine meditate a bit; it may 
well automount it. An icon should appear on your desktop and quite possibly 
it will ask if your want to start the package manager.

Assuming you have a decent internet connection use the applications=>add 
softwre which will pull gEDA down from the Ubuntu repository. 
-- 
Keith Bowers - Thomasville, NC