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On Wednesday 27 December 2006 11:45, christopher.berry1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Posted by "Berry Christopher" <christopher.berry1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > I'm still trying to get my Epson 2480 scanner working! > I download iscan-2.4.0-0.c2.tar.gz to Desktop and then extracted to Desktop > so having iscan-2.4.0 file on Desktop but when I go to Terminal from > Applications/Accessories and type in iscan-2.4.0./configure I get the > response 'no such file' BUT there it sits with a value of 5.6 Mb!! I've > tried home/chris/Desktop/iscan.etc BUT still no response!! > Can anyone advise? > In the same area - I am not permitted to open some things -in my user > groups I have root/root followed by chris/chris (that's me!!) presumably I > have to change something to become the super-user? What? Sorry for this > low-level stuff, but even 67 year olds have to start somewhere! Season's > greetings, > Chris. > -- I would guess that the untarred package doesn't contain a configure file - not all do. My initial thoughts would be to go into the folder iscan-2.4.0 and see what it contains - there is likely to be a readme or install note there which will explain how to build the package. To become the "super user" in a Ubuntu system, you use the sudo command from a command line. Mark -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html