install instructions not working
Can anyone muster up any empathy for people who are very ignorant, but trying to learn? I know I have no business installing anything in this environment and yet....
So far I have downloaded & extracted ipodder-
1) su(do) to root
2) run ./install.sh
3) Place a shortcut on your desktop with /usr/bin/ipodder as the binary executable.
4) For a desktop icon use the iPodder.png in /opt/iPodder
When I tried the install instructions in Terminal, I got a syntax error if I entered 'su(do).' If I enter 'su' the Terminal prompts me for a password, but then does not accept my administrator password. Grr!, Then when I tried the alternative (?) command of "do" I got an error. Then I tried just ignoring that part of the instructions and "running" the install.sh file from a variety of directories -- but most of the time I would get error messages like, "run" is an unknown command? tried "help run" on that and got no information about run? Run is not a command in unix? then why do the install "instructions" say to use it? I am so frustrated ever since switching to Ubuntu - I can't install any programs myself? Some CIS major from CMU has to come over and work on my machine for hours to make it possible to play a DVD and MP3? Podcast technology is too hard for UNIX platforms? None of the information (observation, googling, support posts) makes any sense whatsoever? I am fed up with getting left in the dust because for everyone but me, UNIX is as simple as breathing?
No rush on responding to my many ?'s.The Kid put MPlayer on my machine yesterday. I can download mp3s one at a time and sync them using gtkpod, but I shouldn't have to, and I'm so aggravated -- why doesn't the gtkpod application include podcast functionality, and why doesn't this ipodder program come with proper instructions, and why are there 2 extra files (2.1.9-5 and "diff?") on this site, what do they do, and how do I install those too?
sigh. Thanks in advance. Judith
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