Frostwire help.

[Beatlesbee]

I need help installing Frostwire step by step please, anyone.
I've searched how to do it and read how to do it but I get errors and can't comprehend any of it. =/
I already downloaded Frostwire. What's next?

[wastedfluid]

Assuming you have a .deb file, open up a command prompt and type:

"sudo dpkg -i filename.deb"

For example,

van@lywex:~/Desktop$ ls
dsc00666.jpg Google-googleearth.desktop libflashplayer-10.0.d20.7.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz
dsc00693.jpg gtk-gnutella_0.96.6~unstable_amd64.deb ssc.sh
dsc00695.jpg gtk-gnutella-snapshot
van@lywex:~/Desktop$ sudo dpkg -i gtk-gnutella_0.96.6~unstable_amd64.deb
(Reading database ... 147501 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace gtk-gnutella 0.96.6~unstable (using gtk-gnutella_0.96.6~unstable_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement gtk-gnutella ...
Setting up gtk-gnutella (0.96.6~unstable) ...

van@lywex:~/Desktop$

[Beatlesbee]

dpkg: error processing filename.deb (--install):
cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
filename.deb


..still clueless.

[MikeTbob]

Is it available through your package manager (Synaptic)? That would be the easy way to do it. If it isn't available then you could try looking for GTK-Gnutella, it's what I use personally and I like it a lot.
If you want to install it from source, like you are trying to do, then you'll need to post the exact error messages, it's really the only way we can help.
In the above example by wastedfluid, you need to substitute filename.deb with the actual filename of the package you are trying to install, sorta like this.
sudo dpkg -i gtk-gnutella_0.96.6~unstable_amd64.deb
or
sudo dpkg -i frostwire-x-x-x.deb
Hope this helps.

[Beatlesbee]

My synaptic manager won't open because it says 'unable to get exclusive lock'.
I don't have another package management application open.

[MikeTbob]

It's probably running in the background, hidden.
You can use the ps ax command to list all running processes like this

ps ax
  PID TTY      STAT   TIME COMMAND
    1 ?        Ss     0:00 init [3]
    2 ?        S<     0:00 [kthreadd]
    3 ?        S<     0:00 [migration/0]
    4 ?        S<     0:06 [ksoftirqd/0]
    5 ?        S<     0:00 [watchdog/0]
    6 ?        S<     0:00 [migration/1]
    7 ?        S<     0:12 [ksoftirqd/1]
    8 ?        S<     0:00 [watchdog/1]
3456 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --system
 3522 ?        Ss     0:00 avahi-daemon: running [Icehouse.local]
 3523 ?        Ss     0:00 avahi-daemon: chroot helper
 3578 ?        Ss     0:00 /usr/sbin/hald --use-syslog --verbose=no
 3579 ?        S      0:00 hald-runner
 3583 ?        S      0:00 hald-addon-input: Listening on /dev/input/event1 /dev
 3587 ?        S      0:00 /usr/libexec/hald-addon-cpufreq

So, once you locate the running process, kill it by the PID number, for example, if I wanted to kill hald-runner, I would issue this command

kill -9 3579

You will most likely need to be root or use sudo for this.

[Beatlesbee]

this is what i got when i entered the ps ax command:

PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND
1 ? Ss 0:01 /sbin/init
2 ? S< 0:00 [kthreadd]
3 ? S< 0:00 [migration/0]
4 ? S< 0:06 [ksoftirqd/0]
5 ? S< 0:00 [watchdog/0]
6 ? S< 0:00 [events/0]
7 ? S< 0:00 [khelper]
46 ? S< 0:00 [kintegrityd/0]
48 ? S< 0:03 [kblockd/0]
50 ? S< 3:02 [kacpid]
51 ? S< 0:00 [kacpi_notify]
125 ? S< 0:00 [cqueue]
129 ? S< 0:00 [kseriod]
170 ? S 0:00 [pdflush]
171 ? S 0:00 [pdflush]
172 ? S< 0:00 [kswapd0]
214 ? S< 0:00 [aio/0]
1220 ? S< 0:00 [ksuspend_usbd]
1221 ? S< 0:01 [khubd]
1230 ? S< 0:14 [ata/0]
1237 ? S< 0:00 [ata_aux]
1247 ? S< 0:00 [khpsbpkt]
1975 ? S< 0:00 [knodemgrd_0]
1978 ? S< 0:00 [scsi_eh_0]
1982 ? S< 0:21 [scsi_eh_1]
2013 ? S< 0:00 [scsi_eh_2]
2014 ? S< 0:00 [scsi_eh_3]
2028 ? S< 0:00 [scsi_eh_4]
2030 ? S< 0:10 [usb-storage]
2233 ? S< 0:01 [kjournald]
2407 ? S<s 0:00 /sbin/udevd --daemon
2846 ? S< 0:00 [kpsmoused]
4230 tty4 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty4
4231 tty5 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty5
4238 tty2 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty2
4239 tty3 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty3
4240 tty6 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty6
4405 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/acpid -c /etc/acpi/events -s /var/run/acpid
4434 ? S< 0:02 [kondemand/0]
4517 ? Ss 0:00 /sbin/syslogd -u syslog
4568 ? S 0:00 /bin/dd bs 1 if /proc/kmsg of /var/run/klogd/kmsg
4570 ? Ss 0:00 /sbin/klogd -P /var/run/klogd/kmsg
4593 ? Ss 0:00 /bin/dbus-daemon --system
4615 ? Ss 0:00 avahi-daemon: running [asia-desktop.local]
4616 ? Ss 0:00 avahi-daemon: chroot helper
4659 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/cupsd
4714 ? Ss 0:01 /usr/sbin/hald
4717 ? Ssl 0:00 /usr/sbin/console-kit-daemon
4780 ? S 0:00 hald-runner
4800 ? S 0:00 hald-addon-input: Listening on /dev/input/event3 /dev
4806 ? S 0:00 /usr/lib/hal/hald-addon-cpufreq
4807 ? S 0:00 hald-addon-acpi: listening on acpid socket /var/run/a
4811 ? S 0:03 hald-addon-storage: polling /dev/sdb (every 2 sec)
4814 ? S 0:03 hald-addon-storage: polling /dev/sdc (every 2 sec)
4817 ? S 0:03 hald-addon-storage: polling /dev/sdd (every 2 sec)
4820 ? S 0:03 hald-addon-storage: polling /dev/sde (every 2 sec)
4823 ? S 0:24 hald-addon-storage: polling /dev/scd0 (every 2 sec)
4865 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/bluetoothd
4870 ? S< 0:00 [btaddconn]
4872 ? S< 0:00 [btdelconn]
4897 ? S< 0:00 [krfcommd]
4920 ? Ssl 0:00 /usr/sbin/NetworkManager
4924 ? S 0:00 /sbin/wpa_supplicant -u -f /var/log/wpa_supplicant.lo
4927 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/nm-system-settings --config /etc/NetworkMan
4958 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/gdm
4961 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/gdm
4965 tty7 Ss+ 31:12 /usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 -br -audit 0 -auth /var/lib/gdm/:
4996 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/bin/system-tools-backends
5030 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/atd
5058 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/cron
5131 tty1 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty1
5150 ? S 0:00 /sbin/dhclient -d -sf /usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp
5152 ? Ssl 0:00 x-session-manager
5282 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/bin/ssh-agent /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-s
5285 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session /usr/bin/pul
5286 ? Ss 0:03 //bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 6 --print-addres
5289 ? Ssl 8:42 /usr/bin/pulseaudio -D --log-target=syslog
5292 ? S 0:00 /usr/lib/pulseaudio/pulse/gconf-helper
5294 ? S 0:12 /usr/lib/libgconf2-4/gconfd-2
5305 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/bin/seahorse-agent --execute x-session-manager
5334 ? S 0:00 /usr/lib/gnome-session/helpers/gnome-keyring-daemon-w
5337 ? S 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd
5368 ? Ssl 0:08 /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon
5380 ? SL 0:00 /usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon
5382 ? Ssl 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs//gvfs-fuse-daemon /home/asia/.gvfs
5386 ? S 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/compiz
5419 ? S 0:33 gnome-panel
5434 ? S 0:04 nautilus --no-desktop --browser
5457 ? S 1:21 /usr/bin/compiz.real --ignore-desktop-hints --replace
5461 ? Ssl 0:00 /usr/lib/bonobo-activation/bonobo-activation-server -
5473 ? Ss 0:41 gnome-screensaver
5479 ? S 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfs-hal-volume-monitor
5481 ? S 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfs-gphoto2-volume-monitor
5485 ? S 0:00 /usr/lib/gnome-applets/trashapplet --oaf-activate-iid
5488 ? S 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-trash --spawner :1.7 /org/gtk/gvf
5491 ? S 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-burn --spawner :1.7 /org/gtk/gvfs
5495 ? S 0:00 /usr/lib/fast-user-switch-applet/fast-user-switch-app
5498 ? Sl 0:00 /usr/lib/gnome-applets/mixer_applet2 --oaf-activate-i
5507 ? Ss 0:00 /bin/sh -c /usr/bin/compiz-decorator
5508 ? S 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/compiz-decorator
5510 ? S 0:09 /usr/bin/gtk-window-decorator
5511 ? S 0:00 tracker-applet
5514 ? S 0:00 bluetooth-applet
5516 ? S 0:00 nm-applet --sm-disable
5518 ? S 0:02 update-notifier
5519 ? SNl 0:00 trackerd
5522 ? Sl 0:00 /usr/lib/evolution/2.24/evolution-alarm-notify
5525 ? S 0:03 python /usr/share/system-config-printer/applet.py
5528 ? Ss 0:01 gnome-power-manager
5531 ? S 0:02 /usr/lib/notification-daemon/notification-daemon
5535 ? Sl 0:00 /usr/lib/evolution/2.24/evolution-exchange-storage --
5539 ? Sl 0:00 /usr/lib/evolution/evolution-data-server-2.24 --oaf-a
6188 ? Sl 0:04 aptitude install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin
6221 pts/1 Ss+ 0:00 /usr/bin/dpkg --status-fd 28 --unpack --auto-deconfig
6246 pts/1 S+ 0:00 /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib
6252 pts/1 S+ 0:00 /bin/sh -e /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst install
6254 pts/1 S+ 0:01 whiptail --backtitle Package configuration --title Co
6555 ? S 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-http --spawner :1.7 /org/gtk/gvfs
8866 ? Sl 0:27 /usr/lib/firefox-3.0.5/firefox
8897 ? Rl 0:00 gnome-terminal
8899 ? S 0:00 gnome-pty-helper
8900 pts/2 Ss 0:00 bash
8917 pts/2 R+ 0:00 ps ax

..how do i know which one is running?

[D-cat]

6188 ? Sl 0:04 aptitude install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin
6221 pts/1 Ss+ 0:00 /usr/bin/dpkg --status-fd 28 --unpack --auto-deconfig

Aptitude is an apt-get front end, kind of the text mode version of Synaptic, and is probably causing your problem. Why it's perpetually locked part way in install of Java is another problem that may be of concern, but for now let's just kill aptitude. Assuming this is the same boot:

sudo kill 6188
sudo kill 6221

in the future, finding the process ID of any apt based program may be easier determined by filtering the results with grep:

ps -A | grep apt

will show you only lines containing "apt", including (but not limited to) apt, apt-get, aptitude, and synaptic. Then use:

ps -A | grep dpkg

to find (if running) the corresponding dpkg process that may also need to be killed.

[Beatlesbee]

ok, then I went back to the synaptic manager and got:

E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

so I entered 'dpkg --configure -a' and got

dpkg: requested operation requires superuser privilege

how do i fix that?

[MikeTbob]

by using sudo
sudo dpkg --configure -a