that's what I thought. On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 12:23 PM, Stephen wrote: > mint is an ubuntu core. it should work fine. > > On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 12:19 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > > Could the problem be that I am running LinuxMint and not Ubuntu? > > > > On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 1:17 PM, Michael Havens > wrote: > >> > >> the lightning bolt didn't show up anywhere. > >> > >> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Michael Havens > wrote: > >>> > >>> thanks stephen > >>> t > >>> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 10:24 AM, Stephen > 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 > >>>> 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 > >>>> > wrote: > >>>> >> > >>>> >> Try this.. :) > >>>> >> > >>>> >> http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+install+a+linux+RPM > >>>> >> > >>>> >> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 8:24 AM, Michael Havens > >>>> >> 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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