How do I install updates
Okay I'm new to Linux aka Ubuntu 9.10 and I can't figure out how to install updates for Dink Smallwood. I get this error message. Please help me someone...
Erok
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Archive: /home/eric/Downloads/dinksmallwood108.exe
[/home/eric/Downloads/dinksmallwood108.exe]
End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not
a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the
latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
the last disk(s) of this archive.
zipinfo: cannot find zipfile directory in one of /home/eric/Downloads/dinksmallwood108.exe or
/home/eric/Downloads/dinksmallwood108.exe.zip, and cannot find /home/eric/Downloads/dinksmallwood108.exe.ZIP, period
Erok
sir_erok@yahoo.com
Archive: /home/eric/Downloads/dinksmallwood108.exe
[/home/eric/Downloads/dinksmallwood108.exe]
End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not
a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the
latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
the last disk(s) of this archive.
zipinfo: cannot find zipfile directory in one of /home/eric/Downloads/dinksmallwood108.exe or
/home/eric/Downloads/dinksmallwood108.exe.zip, and cannot find /home/eric/Downloads/dinksmallwood108.exe.ZIP, period
Reboot then boot from the Windows 7 DVD and install, then run Dinksmallwood108.exe and it will work perfectly. 
Don't use windows version on ubuntu, for linux you need freedink.
You will need to add a repository.
Open synaptic in system-administration, synaptic package manger
It may ask for password.
Go to the top, and click settings (the menu under the title bar), and click repositories. Go to other software tab and click add. It will ask you for apt, put this in (copy past all exactly or it wont work):
deb http://www.freedink.org/releases/debian/ ./
Click ok. Then close, if it asks to reload, reload it. Then go back into synaptic and click reload button. In search bar put in freedink
You will get a few results, what you must put in. The one you must install is the one simply called freedink. (the version number in latest version colunm will be:
1.08.20100420-1
If thats the number and the package name is just freedink right click and mark for installation. In synaptic click the big green check mark (apply). It will install. YOU MAY get a security warning for freedink. Do not worry ignore it.
Then when it all done close synaptic. Go to applications then games, there will be 3 new items, Freedink (original game), Freedinkedit (ignore unless u make dmods) and DFARC, (used to play dmods from this site.)
You will need to add a repository.
Open synaptic in system-administration, synaptic package manger
It may ask for password.
Go to the top, and click settings (the menu under the title bar), and click repositories. Go to other software tab and click add. It will ask you for apt, put this in (copy past all exactly or it wont work):
deb http://www.freedink.org/releases/debian/ ./
Click ok. Then close, if it asks to reload, reload it. Then go back into synaptic and click reload button. In search bar put in freedink
You will get a few results, what you must put in. The one you must install is the one simply called freedink. (the version number in latest version colunm will be:
1.08.20100420-1
If thats the number and the package name is just freedink right click and mark for installation. In synaptic click the big green check mark (apply). It will install. YOU MAY get a security warning for freedink. Do not worry ignore it.
Then when it all done close synaptic. Go to applications then games, there will be 3 new items, Freedink (original game), Freedinkedit (ignore unless u make dmods) and DFARC, (used to play dmods from this site.)
You're new to Ubuntu but you picked the old version? Huh. You should install 10.04, dude.
By the way, you can't run Windows applications in Linux unless you install Wine. What it's trying to do now is open the EXE as a zipfile instead, which obviously isn't possible OR what you want.
Look into FreeDink. It's available for free from the Ubuntu Software Center.
By the way, you can't run Windows applications in Linux unless you install Wine. What it's trying to do now is open the EXE as a zipfile instead, which obviously isn't possible OR what you want.
Look into FreeDink. It's available for free from the Ubuntu Software Center.
While on the topic of Ubuntu, has anyone had success installing Ubuntu on a USB flash drive? I tried, but it wouldn't boot.
I used a live CD of Ubuntu (9.04 I think) and used the USB creator tool, is there anything I have to do before that or should it just work?
It should just work. You select the ISO, you select the disk, and it'll try to install it properly to the USB drive. If it still doesn't boot, open GParted and set the "boot" flag for the right flash drive's partition.
If you need more detailed instructions on how to do that, let me know.
If you need more detailed instructions on how to do that, let me know.
