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sterile thunder Oct 13, 2022, 9:19 AM

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I am trying to extract it so I can download it but nothing is happening. And there is no option when I right click to extract it so I have to use the cmd.

high jackal Oct 13, 2022, 9:23 AM

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sterile thunder I am trying to extract it so I can download it but nothing is happening. And the...

ls ~/Downloads

sterile thunder Oct 13, 2022, 9:24 AM

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high jackal `ls ~/Downloads`

okay and it shows me my file name but now what

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don't i still have to extract it

high jackal Oct 13, 2022, 9:24 AM

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hmm
weird
i thought it's just dolphin not refreshing

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and i thought the files are there already

sterile thunder Oct 13, 2022, 9:24 AM

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the file is there

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i just need to extract it I think to use it but its not working

high jackal Oct 13, 2022, 9:25 AM

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sterile thunder the file is there

no i meant the extracted files

sterile thunder Oct 13, 2022, 9:25 AM

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high jackal no i meant the extracted files

it's not anywhere

high jackal Oct 13, 2022, 9:25 AM

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i thought it got extracted, just dolphin not refreshing

sterile thunder Oct 13, 2022, 9:25 AM

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oh

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no

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idt so

high jackal Oct 13, 2022, 9:26 AM

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do you have bzip2 installed?

sterile thunder Oct 13, 2022, 9:26 AM

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high jackal do you have bzip2 installed?

no ill get that

high jackal Oct 13, 2022, 9:26 AM

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yep that's why it's not extracting

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pacman -S bzip2

sterile thunder Oct 13, 2022, 9:26 AM

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ah okay

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got it

high jackal Oct 13, 2022, 9:27 AM

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tar -xf Downloads/adaasfdsaasdg

sterile thunder Oct 13, 2022, 9:27 AM

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kk

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still nothing

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high jackal Oct 13, 2022, 9:28 AM

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hmm

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ls Downloads again

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does anything else show up?

sterile thunder Oct 13, 2022, 9:29 AM

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same thing

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shows up

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it gives me the anki thing showing up

high jackal Oct 13, 2022, 9:29 AM

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tar -tf Downloads/afafasdf

sterile thunder Oct 13, 2022, 9:29 AM

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tar tf?

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swear it was xf

high jackal Oct 13, 2022, 9:29 AM

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tf

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list

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this will list the files that was archived in that tarball

sterile thunder Oct 13, 2022, 9:30 AM

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kk

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so now what

high jackal Oct 13, 2022, 9:30 AM

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hmm

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well it can read it

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weird how it's not extracting tho

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what about -xvf

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and show me the output

sterile thunder Oct 13, 2022, 9:31 AM

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ok

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that command isn't found

high jackal Oct 13, 2022, 9:32 AM

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no the same command but with -xvf as flag

sterile thunder Oct 13, 2022, 9:32 AM

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ah ok

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ya that worked

high jackal Oct 13, 2022, 9:34 AM

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weird

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cus that -v only makes it show a verbose output
it doesnt do anything else

sterile thunder Oct 13, 2022, 9:34 AM

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no

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it doesn't

high jackal Oct 13, 2022, 9:35 AM

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that wasnt a question

sterile thunder Oct 13, 2022, 9:35 AM

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i installed it from here

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the stable release

sterile thunder Oct 13, 2022, 9:36 AM

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high jackal that wasnt a question

oh

high jackal Oct 13, 2022, 9:38 AM

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sterile thunder oh

anyways, so it's extracted now, right?

sterile thunder Oct 13, 2022, 9:38 AM

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no

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high jackal Oct 13, 2022, 9:39 AM

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wtf

high jackal Oct 13, 2022, 9:40 AM

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sterile thunder

bzip2 -d Downloads/aksdfas

sterile thunder Oct 13, 2022, 9:41 AM

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yay it did now

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wait brb

high jackal Oct 13, 2022, 9:42 AM

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sterile thunder yay it did now

now tar -xf that file again

sterile thunder Oct 13, 2022, 9:45 AM

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sterile thunder Oct 13, 2022, 9:45 AM

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high jackal now tar -xf that file again

kk

sterile thunder Oct 13, 2022, 2:34 PM

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Helppp

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please

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@atomic pebble

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atomic pebble Oct 13, 2022, 2:41 PM

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ls Downloads

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tar doesnt produce any output on a successful operation

sterile thunder Oct 13, 2022, 2:42 PM

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oh ok

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atomic pebble Oct 13, 2022, 2:42 PM

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hmm

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cd Downloads

sterile thunder Oct 13, 2022, 2:43 PM

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kk

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im in the directry

atomic pebble Oct 13, 2022, 2:43 PM

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tar -tf anki.tar

sterile thunder Oct 13, 2022, 2:43 PM

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atomic pebble Oct 13, 2022, 2:44 PM

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just try tar -xf anki.tar again

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then echo $?

sterile thunder Oct 13, 2022, 2:45 PM

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ok

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atomic pebble Oct 13, 2022, 2:45 PM

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echo $?, not echo $

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$? is the exit status of the last command

sterile thunder Oct 13, 2022, 2:46 PM

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oh ok

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it returned 0

atomic pebble Oct 13, 2022, 2:46 PM

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do ls again

sterile thunder Oct 13, 2022, 2:47 PM

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it worked but tbh idk how to use the extracted folder still

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like to access the application

atomic pebble Oct 13, 2022, 2:47 PM

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it's just a folder

sterile thunder Oct 13, 2022, 2:47 PM

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like look

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anki still doesn't work

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anki.desktop

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won't start the program

atomic pebble Oct 13, 2022, 2:47 PM

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read the README

sterile thunder Oct 13, 2022, 2:49 PM

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so i have to install sh?

sterile thunder Oct 13, 2022, 2:51 PM

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atomic pebble read the README

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how do i get to the specific folder in the directory using terminal?

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like im in the downloads folder obviously

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but it's saying go to that specific folder as in the anki folder which is in the downloads directory

frozen valve Oct 13, 2022, 3:02 PM

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sterile thunder

The issue here seems to be your terminal isn't in the right place

sterile thunder Oct 13, 2022, 3:03 PM

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frozen valve The issue here seems to be your terminal isn't in the right place

wym?

sterile thunder Oct 13, 2022, 3:03 PM

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frozen valve The issue here seems to be your terminal isn't in the right place

am I not in the downloads file?

frozen valve Oct 13, 2022, 3:03 PM

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you did ls to downloads but you weren't putting the path in for extraction so presumably terminal was looking at /

frozen valve Oct 13, 2022, 3:03 PM

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sterile thunder am I not in the downloads file?

you are in your recent ones now

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anyway, I see you've mad progress

sterile thunder Oct 13, 2022, 3:04 PM

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frozen valve you are in your recent ones now

okay now that i'm in it tho how am i meant to access the anki.2.1.49-linux folder

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bc it says change to this folder and run the following command

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in the readme

frozen valve Oct 13, 2022, 3:04 PM

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cd anki- then hit the tab button so it completes

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assuming you want to go into it

sterile thunder Oct 13, 2022, 3:05 PM

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ok thanks so much!

frozen valve Oct 13, 2022, 3:05 PM

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if you just want to change it it's mv anki- tab, and then space and the new name, then enter

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the tab will auto-complete for you

sterile thunder Oct 13, 2022, 3:06 PM

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frozen valve if you just want to change it it's `mv anki-` tab, and then space and the new na...

nah the other cmd worked how i needed it to thx tho

lyric glenBOT Oct 13, 2022, 3:06 PM

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frozen valve Oct 13, 2022, 3:06 PM

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hopefully tabbing is making you realise that exact paths and filename as important

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@sterile thunder is it all working now? does the readme instruction make more sense?

sterile thunder Oct 13, 2022, 3:17 PM

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i mean its not properly working anki is showing up but it isn't working at all like there is no way to make flashcards the functionality isn't the same as windows ig

frozen valve Oct 13, 2022, 3:18 PM

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I don't know what anki is, but I meant more the cding into it

sterile thunder Oct 13, 2022, 3:18 PM

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frozen valve I don't know what anki is, but I meant more the cding into it

yeah the cding into worked

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