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Re: [LUG] Novice with bother in Ubuntu 6.10

 

Hi Chris,
I think you might need to use sudo as your instruction for superuser do, 
this negates the password requirement of other linux systems....

Bill Smith

christopher.berry1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Posted by "Berry Christopher" <christopher.berry1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>
> 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.
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