migrating to Ubuntu

This is a very nice idea: Installing a dual-boot with Windows without partitioning

I don’t need this option because I have two swappable hard drives. One with Win XP and the other one with Ubuntu.

Edit 24 March, 2004 – here is another possibility: Running Ubuntu On Windows XP With Portable Ubuntu

I just learned how to edit files that belong to root. I had to learn that because I am experimenting with lesson 1 of the symfony tutorial. Commands were:

$ mkdir -p /home/sfprojects/jobeet
$ cd /home/sfprojects/jobeet
$ mkdir -p lib/vendor
$ cd lib/vendor
$ tar zxpf NAME.tgz // unpack tgz file
$ mv NAME symfony // rename, had to do this with sudo
$ rm NAME.tgz // delete the tgz file


Almost, I failed. But in the end, I was successful. And now:

ubuntu@ubuntu-desktop:/home/sfprojects/jobeet/lib/vendor$ cd ../..

ubuntu@ubuntu-desktop:/home/sfprojects/jobeet$ php lib/vendor/symfony/data/bin/check_configuration.php
The program 'php' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install php5-cli

OK, I need to install php5-cli. This is the next command:

sudo apt-get install php5-cli

And now:
ubuntu@ubuntu-desktop:/home/sfprojects/jobeet/lib/vendor$ sudo mv sandbox symfony


Sorry that this post is a little bit off-topic.

And now:

ubuntu@ubuntu-desktop:/home/sfprojects/jobeet$ php lib/vendor/symfony/data/symfony/bin/check_configuration.php

It was a little confusing to find the right path, but now I have found it.

I just installed several packages with one single command. I hope that the DVD playback will function someday. On my other Ubuntu computer, DVD playback isn’t a problem. But on my main computer, I have scratched / distorted sound since the upgrade from Ubuntu 8.04 to Ubuntu 8.10.