mint is an ubuntu core. it should work fine.
On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 12:19 PM, Michael Havens <
bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
> Could the problem be that I am running LinuxMint and not Ubuntu?
>
> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 1:17 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> the lightning bolt didn't show up anywhere.
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> thanks stephen
>>> t
>>> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 10:24 AM, Stephen <cryptworks@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> your making this much harder than it needs to be.
>>>>
>>>> They have an Ubuntu install option that does not entail useing an RPM
>>>> http://www.jupiterapplet.org/downloads.html there is ubuntu.
>>>> wich takes you to
>>>> https://launchpad.net/~webupd8team/+archive/jupiter
>>>> repo add insturctioyns from the same page:
>>>> https://launchpad.net/+help-soyuz/ppa-sources-list.html
>>>>
>>>> they then have instructions on how to add the repo which you cna then
>>>> use apt-get or my favorite aptitude to install.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 9:34 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > Thanks for inspiring me. My system is Ubuntu based so first I had to
>>>> > google
>>>> > for converting RPM to deb and I found Alien. So I run alien and it
>>>> > runs
>>>> > successfuly (I think). But no lightning bolt anywhere to be seen! Any
>>>> > ideas
>>>> > what I did wrong?
>>>> >
>>>> > bmike1@Michaels-Presario ~/Programs/Jupiter $ sudo alien -i *
>>>> > warning: jupiter-0.0.51-3.noarch.rpm: Header V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature,
>>>> > key ID
>>>> > 069c119e: NOKEY
>>>> > warning: jupiter-0.0.51-3.noarch.rpm: Header V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature,
>>>> > key ID
>>>> > 069c119e: NOKEY
>>>> > warning: jupiter-0.0.51-3.noarch.rpm: Header V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature,
>>>> > key ID
>>>> > 069c119e: NOKEY
>>>> > warning: jupiter-0.0.51-3.noarch.rpm: Header V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature,
>>>> > key ID
>>>> > 069c119e: NOKEY
>>>> > warning: jupiter-0.0.51-3.noarch.rpm: Header V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature,
>>>> > key ID
>>>> > 069c119e: NOKEY
>>>> > warning: jupiter-0.0.51-3.noarch.rpm: Header V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature,
>>>> > key ID
>>>> > 069c119e: NOKEY
>>>> > warning: jupiter-0.0.51-3.noarch.rpm: Header V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature,
>>>> > key ID
>>>> > 069c119e: NOKEY
>>>> > warning: jupiter-0.0.51-3.noarch.rpm: Header V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature,
>>>> > key ID
>>>> > 069c119e: NOKEY
>>>> > warning: jupiter-0.0.51-3.noarch.rpm: Header V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature,
>>>> > key ID
>>>> > 069c119e: NOKEY
>>>> > warning: jupiter-0.0.51-3.noarch.rpm: Header V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature,
>>>> > key ID
>>>> > 069c119e: NOKEY
>>>> > warning: jupiter-0.0.51-3.noarch.rpm: Header V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature,
>>>> > key ID
>>>> > 069c119e: NOKEY
>>>> > warning: jupiter-0.0.51-3.noarch.rpm: Header V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature,
>>>> > key ID
>>>> > 069c119e: NOKEY
>>>> > warning: jupiter-0.0.51-3.noarch.rpm: Header V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature,
>>>> > key ID
>>>> > 069c119e: NOKEY
>>>> > warning: jupiter-0.0.51-3.noarch.rpm: Header V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature,
>>>> > key ID
>>>> > 069c119e: NOKEY
>>>> > warning: jupiter-0.0.51-3.noarch.rpm: Header V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature,
>>>> > key ID
>>>> > 069c119e: NOKEY
>>>> > warning: jupiter-0.0.51-3.noarch.rpm: Header V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature,
>>>> > key ID
>>>> > 069c119e: NOKEY
>>>> > Warning: Skipping conversion of scripts in package jupiter: postinst
>>>> > Warning: Use the --scripts parameter to include the scripts.
>>>> > warning: jupiter-0.0.51-3.noarch.rpm: Header V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature,
>>>> > key ID
>>>> > 069c119e: NOKEY
>>>> > dpkg --no-force-overwrite -i jupiter_0.0.51-4_all.deb
>>>> > Selecting previously deselected package jupiter.
>>>> > (Reading database ... 172494 files and directories currently
>>>> > installed.)
>>>> > Unpacking jupiter (from jupiter_0.0.51-4_all.deb) ...
>>>> > Setting up jupiter (0.0.51-4) ...
>>>> > Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
>>>> > Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
>>>> > Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
>>>> > Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
>>>> > bmike1@Michaels-Presario ~/Programs/Jupiter $ sudo updatedb
>>>> > bmike1@Michaels-Presario ~/Programs/Jupiter $ locate jupiter*
>>>> > /home/bmike1/Downloads/jupiter-0.0.51-3.noarch.rpm
>>>> > /home/bmike1/Programs/Jupiter/jupiter-0.0.51-3.noarch.rpm
>>>> > bmike1@Michaels-Presario ~/Programs/Jupiter $ jupiter
>>>> > jupiter: command not found
>>>> > bmike1@Michaels-Presario ~/Programs/Jupiter $
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 9:05 AM, Brian Weaver <bjweaver@gmail.com>
>>>> > wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Try this.. :)
>>>> >>
>>>> >> http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+install+a+linux+RPM
>>>> >>
>>>> >> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 8:24 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com>
>>>> >> wrote:
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> well, I extracted the rpm and go
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> bmike1@Michaels-Presario ~/Programs/Jupiter $ ls -l
>>>> >>> total 60
>>>> >>> drwxrwxr-x 4 bmike1 bmike1 4096 2011-11-29 08:07 etc
>>>> >>> -rw-rw-r-- 1 bmike1 bmike1 47296 2011-11-28 20:21
>>>> >>> jupiter-0.0.51-3.noarch.rpm
>>>> >>> drwxrwxr-x 5 bmike1 bmike1 4096 2011-11-29 08:07 usr
>>>> >>> drwxrwxr-x 3 bmike1 bmike1 4096 2011-11-29 08:07 var
>>>> >>> bmike1@Michaels-Presario ~/Programs/Jupiter $
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> What else am I supposed to do to install it?
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