I have a directory "~/My Downloads" and downloaded some programs there
and tried to make install them, but all the time I had got the same
problem - make install gives me that it cannot find "~/My" directory.
When I tried to make install them in "~" everything went ok. I don't
understand why it sees only "~/My" but not "~/My Downloads".

Hovnatan

hovnatan wrote:
> I have a directory "~/My Downloads" and downloaded some programs there
> and tried to make install them, but all the time I had got the same
> problem - make install gives me that it cannot find "~/My" directory.
> When I tried to make install them in "~" everything went ok. I don't
> understand why it sees only "~/My" but not "~/My Downloads".
>
> Hovnatan
>
Because it formats it as My/ Directory. Use Downloads, Download or
download, and when changing to the direcctory be sure you use the proper
casing. They are created with the way you format it. D or d. Spaces in
Linux are treated oddly. Not like M$ Windows.

hovnatan wrote:

> I have a directory "~/My Downloads" and downloaded some programs there
> and tried to make install them, but all the time I had got the same
> problem - make install gives me that it cannot find "~/My" directory.
> When I tried to make install them in "~" everything went ok. I don't
> understand why it sees only "~/My" but not "~/My Downloads".
>
> Hovnatan

Try ~/My\ Downloads (that is, escape the space).

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jjg

hovnatan wrote:

> I have a directory "~/My Downloads" and downloaded some programs
> there and tried to make install them, but all the time I had got the
> same problem - make install gives me that it cannot find "~/My"
> directory. When I tried to make install them in "~" everything went
> ok. I don't understand why it sees only "~/My" but not "~/My
> Downloads".
>
> Hovnatan

It's a bug in installpkg, it doesn't handle spaces correctly. Avoid
spaces and other more special characters in paths and filenames when
you use Slackware package tools. If you like, you can have the packages
in "~/My Downloads" but you must first go to that directory with
command "cd ~/My\ Downloads" and then use installpkg or upgradepkg.

Lasse Collin wrote:
> hovnatan wrote:
>
>
>>I have a directory "~/My Downloads" and downloaded some programs
>>there and tried to make install them, but all the time I had got the
>>same problem - make install gives me that it cannot find "~/My"
>>directory. When I tried to make install them in "~" everything went
>>ok. I don't understand why it sees only "~/My" but not "~/My
>>Downloads".
>>
>>Hovnatan
>
>
> It's a bug in installpkg, it doesn't handle spaces correctly. Avoid
> spaces and other more special characters in paths and filenames when
> you use Slackware package tools. If you like, you can have the packages
> in "~/My Downloads" but you must first go to that directory with
> command "cd ~/My\ Downloads" and then use installpkg or upgradepkg.
>
or just find slapt-get like I did, and get all the latest from the
-current and be up to date for most of it. Got to apache.org to get the
latest there, and also php is new on their site, both are easy to
confgure then make and make install. I have done it and am a new user to
slackware and it has become very easy in the 4 weeks of using slackware 10.1

On 2005-04-09, hovnatan <hovnatan@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a directory "~/My Downloads" and downloaded some programs there
> and tried to make install them, but all the time I had got the same
> problem - make install gives me that it cannot find "~/My" directory.
> When I tried to make install them in "~" everything went ok. I don't
> understand why it sees only "~/My" but not "~/My Downloads".

Avoid spaces in directory or file names.

hovnatan wrote:
> I have a directory "~/My Downloads" and downloaded some programs there
> and tried to make install them, but all the time I had got the same
> problem - make install gives me that it cannot find "~/My" directory.
> When I tried to make install them in "~" everything went ok. I don't
> understand why it sees only "~/My" but not "~/My Downloads".
>
> Hovnatan
>
mv My\ Downloads\ Downloads

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#include <iostream>
#include <string>

int main(){
string myFavoriteOS = "Unix";
cout << "My favorite OS is "
<< myFavoriteOS << end;
return 0;
}

Penguin_X wrote:
> mv My\ Downloads\ Downloads

nope:

mv My\ Downloads Downloads

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thanks!

On 04-09-2005, in alt.os.linux.slackware,
BenneJezzerette <jennifer755@cox.net> wrote:

> hovnatan wrote:
>> I have a directory "~/My Downloads" and downloaded some programs
>> there and tried to make install them, but all the time I had got
>> the same problem - make install gives me that it cannot find
>> "~/My" directory. When I tried to make install them in "~"
>> everything went ok. I don't understand why it sees only "~/My"
>> but not "~/My Downloads".
>>
>> Hovnatan

> Because it formats it as My/ Directory. Use Downloads, Download or
> download, and when changing to the direcctory be sure you use the
> proper casing. They are created with the way you format it. D or
> d. Spaces in Linux are treated oddly. Not like M$ Windows.

Perhaps M$ Windows treats spaces oddly?

Max

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