Linux/Esperanto Question

[Lenina Rosenweg]

Okay this might be slightly odd. I use Ubuntu 10.10. I'm studying Esperanto.I've been dabbling w/this fot years, but I finally got serious, partly inspired by a few RevLeft posts. I've downloaded software from this site to study

http://www.kurso.com.br/elshuto.php?en

I've used it with Windows and I've found it to be quite good. I downloaded the version for Ubuntu Linux and the sound doesn't work. Doing a google search I've found this is common. Okay from a blog and the Ubuntu User's Forum I got this advice:

http://oui.com.br/blog/nando-en/post/running-kurso-de-esperanto

(Its for Ubunto 8.10)


Some Guy's Blog

3) Sounds problem
You might get no sound for playback or recording. The solution is:
a) Install mpg321:
sudo apt-get install mpg321

b) Open the Settings screen, switch to the Sound/Internet tab, and leave it like this:

MP3 player: mpg321 WAV recorder: aplay WAV player: arecord --duration=3 --rate=44100 Browser: firefox e-mail client: thunderbird

If you are really paying attention, you might notice that it doesn't make sense to pick "aplay" to record and "arecord" to play. This is not my mistake; in this version (3.0) of Kurso, they messed up the 2 labels.
There you go, fully functional Kurso.



I've done B, it was easy to reformat the program. I have no idea what A means though.

I'm supposed to install mpg321 by: sudo apt-get install mpg321

What do I w/this command? Where do I type it in? The Ubuntu Software Center didn't seem to have anything like MPG.
The Ubuntu Forum has reams of technical gibberish I can't makes heads or tails of.
Any help would be appreciated!

[MarxSchmarx]

If I understand your question correctly, you would type that command in your terminal.

Go to applications -> accessories -> terminal (at least in 10.04). You should see something like:

[[email protected] folder]$


You can also to ctrl-alt-F1, login and then type the command at the prompt. Then when it says it's done ctrl-alt-F7.


so just type the sudo command after the "$" sign. Is this what you were wondering about?

[Lenina Rosenweg]

Exactly, thanks.None of the sites or forums I've read bothered to cover the basics.

[StoneFrog]

Getting to grips with your terminal is a crucial part in using any linux distro.


sudo apt-get install mpg321

sudo: is a command to allow extra privileges, like giving it admin permissions to run.
apt-get: is apart of ubuntu's package manager, ubuntu has a repository of thousands of software packages prepared and ready to install.

the lat two section should be straight forward, tells the package manager to install this package "mpg321"

just did a quick google, this site might be helpful:
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/index

TBH ubuntu isn't good for learning how to use linux, it baby feeds you but if you went onto a basic linux system(without the simplified GUI click and done) you'll have a hard time. I always recommend using slackware to learn how to use linux distros better, what you learn from it hold true to almost all linux distros.