I want to install boot-repair_3.193.7.orig.tar.gz
to repair my computer as it doesn't boot (only get the "grub rescue" prompt). Now booted on a live USB Ubuntu 11.10.
Wanted to follow the below steps (found in this post)
tar -zxvf aircrack-ng-1.1.tar.gz.
cd aircrack-ng-1.1.tar.gz
make
make install
After typing the first line, this is the output in the Terminal:
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ tar -zxvf boot-repair_3.193.7.orig.tar.gz
tar (child): boot-repair_3.193.7.orig.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
Does this have to do with the location of the tar.gz? I downloaded it to the Downloads directory, and located it in the Archive Manager, which shows it's under the root.
Please help with step-by-step solution.
UPDATE: Terminal output after cd boot-repair_3.193.7.orig
as per Seth's suggestion:
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ tar -zxvf boot-repair_3.193.7.orig.tar.gz
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ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ cd boot-repair_3.193.7.orig
bash: cd: boot-repair_3.193.7.orig: No such file or directory
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair#A2nd_option_:_install_Boot-Repair_in_Ubuntu
– daboross Jun 06 '13 at 22:46cd Downloads
before running your commands. – Seth Jun 06 '13 at 22:48cd boot-repair_3.193.7.orig
. There shouldn't be.tar.gz
on the end. – Seth Jun 07 '13 at 00:12ls
might help, though you could consider that a privacy issue (it will list everything in the current directory, which would help us with file names, but might also show private folder/files) – Seth Jun 07 '13 at 01:24gitignore
isn't an issue. See my comment above. – Seth Jun 07 '13 at 01:25