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[denis Raux <address@hidden>]

Hi vincent,

Linux is not a graphical system. All desktop tools are on the top of the console commands. You can find a lot of them, and the way to use is not often obvious, that’s why is a bit tricky.

There is also some subtil differences with command line :

* the « apt" family is designed to get package from an ‘repository’ (there is a problem on the  texmacs webpage ) based on the provided name with all the dependencies. Texmacs has now its own repository as well (https://www.texmacs.org/tmweb/download/linux-repos.en.html#ubuntu).

* "dpkg" command for install a package file

*« Sudo" permits to act as administrator, the current directory doesn’t matter

WHAT you have to type :

* 'cd’ to the directory where the package file is laying

* sudo dpkg -i  TeXmacs-2.1.1-*.deb (to install the package file itself)

* sudo apt —fix-broken install (to fetch the missing packages from the ubuntu repository)

Denis

Le 2 févr. 2022 à 21:07, vincent douce <address@hidden> a écrit :

hi Henri and Denis

her OS seems to be Ubuntu 30.04.3 LTS

i am sorry i dont understand this sentence : "Don't get it from ubuntu but from texmacs as texmacs deb"

i understand that i have to go to her home and open her computer and her terminal and type "sudo apt —fix-broken instal"

i guess it is "install" with two "l"

please tell me if i had understood well

i think the right link to click on is the 2nd on this page http://www.texmacs.org/tmweb/download/linux-packages.en.html#ubuntu

am i right ?

you know she does not know what is "terminal" and if i could avoid making the road to her's i would be glad she's far

or Denis maybe i have understood well

do i have to type

sudo apt --fix-broken install

then

sudo apt-get install TeXmacs-2.1.1-*.deb

on her computer instead of clicking on the links ?

i know my questions may seem very simple for people like you, used to install things though the terminal by typing "install something" or "apt something", but my question is also to understand how lambda users of computers, desiring to experiment TeXmacs, should do, if they are used only to download, double-click and waiting for the automatic installation to be ready… i mean on macs it is ultra easy, that's the first time i met a relation using Ubuntu and wanting TeXmacs, i want it to be simple for her otherwise i have to drive to her home (it is far) or asking her using Teamviewer (but she will worry about what i am doing)

Vincent