[Elecraft] Firmware upgrades using Ubuntu 12.04

[Matt Zilmer]

Hi Bill,

These are just csh or bash commands, not programming.

73,
matt

On Sat, 07 Jul 2012 16:10:18 -0500, you wrote:

>Perhaps I missed it, but I am thinking we would rather have a simple GUI
>with easier commands?  I for one have no clue for programming but use Ubuntu
>and shorter versions of Linux which don't require the programming language
>which leaves me in a lurch.  There is so much to know, so little time. Let
>the devotees do the GUI for the mere mortals to use.  I use Puppy off a USB
>stick and it is so simple... just like me.  NOT.  :=#
>
>73,
>Bill
>K9YEQ
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Kevin
>Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2012 1:51 PM
>To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Firmware upgrades using Ubuntu 12.04
>
>Nothing cryptic about it.
>
>"sudo" allows users temporary "admin" or root user privi's to the system to
>run commands or install software. When any user invokes sudo they will be
>required to authenticate with user name and password.
>
>"chmod" is a *nix<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNIX_shell> command that lets
>a user tell the system how much (or little) access it should permit to a
>file or program.^<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chmod#cite_note-0>
>It changes the file system modes of files and directories. The modes include
>permissions.
>
>The 666 is octal notation for granting users, groups, and "others" read,
>write, and execute permissions to the USB filesystem.
>
>"install apt-get" is a command used in all Debian based Linux distro's to
>install software *and all known dependencies*. The program automatically
>downloads and installs software from the Debian/Ubuntu repositories along
>with dependencies and installs it.
>
>
>In this case it installed the program cURL.
>
>
>On 07/07/2012 11:56 AM, Brian Alsop wrote:
>> I hope all versions of Ubuntu come with a super decoder ring so that 
>> mortals can make sense of these obviously encrypted commands.
>>
>> 73 de Brian/K3KO
>>