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cooltwou
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Re: Help with Linux Mint

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I was able to put the unzipped folder in the UMS folder in the OPT folder so what do I do next
boss
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Re: Help with Linux Mint

Post by boss »

In /opt/ums/
tar -xvzf UMS-Linux-15.6.0-x86_64.tgz
cooltwou
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Re: Help with Linux Mint

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the unzipped folder is in there
boss
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Re: Help with Linux Mint

Post by boss »

Did it create the folder:
/opt/ums/ums-15.6.0 ?
cooltwou
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Re: Help with Linux Mint

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yes i put unzipped folder in the already created opt/ums folder
boss
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Re: Help with Linux Mint

Post by boss »

Did you run the command:
tar -xvzf UMS-Linux-15.6.0-x86_64.tgz
from the /opt/ums/ folder ?

Did it create the folder:
/opt,ums/ums-15.6.0 ?

Please answer those specific questions.
cooltwou
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Re: Help with Linux Mint

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tar -xvzf UMS-Linux-15.6.0-x86_64.tgz
tar (child): UMS-Linux-15.6.0-x86_64.tgz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
boss
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Re: Help with Linux Mint

Post by boss »

Post the output of:
ls -l /opt/ums
cooltwou
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Re: Help with Linux Mint

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ls -l /opt/ums
total 216840
drwxrwsr-x 6 root users 4096 Jun 11 14:42 ums-15.6.0
-rw-rw-r-- 1 cooltwou cooltwou 222033009 Jun 10 12:45 UMS-Linux-15.6.0-x86_64.tgz
cooltwou@Cooley-Home-Network:~$
boss
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Re: Help with Linux Mint

Post by boss »

Do this from /opt/ums
chmod og+rwx UMS-Linux-15.6.0-x86_64.tgz

then

tar -xvzf UMS-Linux-15.6.0-x86_64.tgz

Check if /opt/ums/ums-15.6.0 exists
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