[Elecraft] Firmware upgrades using Ubuntu 12.04

[Bill K9YEQ]

Well there you go, Matt.  I am unfamiliar with those.  I am such  an MS
person.  I don't use manual commands other than MS, so this doesn't help me.
I use the GUI which is just clicks and I don't do much command line as I
don't have to load up the getting older can't remember all this stuff, type
of activity.

73,
Bill
K9YEQ


-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Zilmer [mailto:mzilmer at verizon.net] 
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2012 4:45 PM
To: Bill K9YEQ
Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Firmware upgrades using Ubuntu 12.04

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
>>