Hi There I'm an Ubuntu / Linux novice, so I apologise in advance if my questions are a bit basic. I've been given an old PC with the intention of finding out if I can use it as a server, with my music streamer in particular. I've installed Hardy Heron, and have been trying to follow the instructions here: http://www.howtoforge.com/set-up-a-linux-playstation-3-media-server-with-ubuntu8.04 I followed this step and it worked fine: Code: wget http://www.topdog-software.com/oss/fuppes/fuppes_0+svn611-1_i386.deb but when I tried to carry out the dpkg step, the following occurred: Code: MY_USER@MY_USER-server:~$ dpkg -i fuppes_0+svn611-1_i386.deb dpkg: requested operation requires superuser privilege MY_USER@MY_USER-server:~$ sudo dpkg -i fuppes_0+svn611-1_i386.deb [sudo] password for MY_USER: Selecting previously deselected package fuppes. (Reading database ... 120071 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking fuppes (from fuppes_0+svn611-1_i386.deb) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of fuppes: fuppes depends on libgif4 (>= 4.1.6); however: Package libgif4 is not installed. fuppes depends on libmagick++10; however: Package libmagick++10 is not installed. fuppes depends on libsimage20; however: Package libsimage20 is not installed. fuppes depends on libswscale1d (>= 0.cvs20070307); however: Package libswscale1d is not installed. dpkg: error processing fuppes (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: No problem I thought - I will simply download those packages (libgif4, libmagick++10, libsimage20 and libswscale1d) and install them myself. I found a suitable mirror site and chose to open the first file from the location using package installer, only to be presented with the following message: Am I doing something really fundamentally wrong? Is this a common Ubuntu newbie type mistake? All advice greatfully received. Regards Andy
