TED install problem

[n2o2diver]

I have downloaded TED and unzipped it and moved the files to the home folder as described on this page:

http://www.havetheknowhow.com/Install-t ... l-TED.html

The next section is causing me a bunch of grief. In the second line it say to click on Applications then "Add/Remove"
I am assuming this mean using VNC to access the virtual desktop.



On my desktop under Applications there is NO "Add/Remove" Mine looks like this:



Under Accessories> I have Gedit text editor and teminal
Under Internet> I have Chromium, Firefox and Deluge
Under Sounds & Video> Sound Recorder

So after beating my head on the desk for hours and searching on the web I think I managed to install the Java 6 Runtime and Deluge from the package manager instead or used command line either way they seem to be installed.

Then when I go back to the ted.jar file and click on it I was getting an error that said it wasn't executable. I right click went to properties/permissions then checked the execute box
Now when I click on the ted.jar file it does nothing. I have tried open with the Java Runtime and nothing happens.

At this point I don't know what else to do.

Should I be skipping this whole page and moving on to the Install Deluge Headless page? Then the Install Flexget?

Thanks for any help
Sean

[Ian]

Hi Sean,

Sorry, forget about TED and go with Flexget instead. It's far superior IMHO.

Ian.

[n2o2diver]

Thanks!
I've got it up and running. I can now download movies and stream them to my tv and phone, this is to cool.

[Ian]

Nice one Sean.

I must admit that being able to do this is really rather cool too. Previously I'd have to manually dump recordings from my sky box onto DVD then rip the DVD to my server before I could watch it on other TVs around the house. Now it's all automatic.

Ian.

[n2o2diver]

I upgraded my whole network to gigabit this week (New NIC's for each computer and server, New Router CiscoE4200, Cat6 Cable)

Then the fun started! I had to re installed 10.04 on my server after a big oops trying out Amahi. I don't like it!

On this fresh Ubuntu 10.04 install I installed Deluge headless which is different than what I was previously using. The other thing that is different is my second HDD is mounted as /home. I have two HDD in the server, a 20Gib for the OS and a 320Gib for files. Last time the second drive was not installed into the case until after I installed Ubuntu . This time it was already in there and I had Ubuntu Partition it and mount it during setup. Ubuntu installed it under /home, I used to have it mounted as /Media. When I try to move it, it messes everything up so I left it as /home.

This all seemed fine untill Deluge!

My problem seems to be when I set Deluge up to download files to /home/MyMedia it is showing the torrent as "Checking" and never starts.
If I change it back to the default location /var/lib/deluge it works fine. Problem is that dir, /var/lib/deluge is on the small 20Gib Drive. I need to move the finished files to the larger 320Gib drive. If I set up deluge to move completed to /home/MyMedia it doesn't move it.

I'm thinking It should be an easy fix but I just can not figure it out. Anyone have any Idea???

[Ian]

Hi,

Re your Deluge problem, check the permissions on your /home/MyMedia folder. If it's not r/w for everyone then issue the following command to fix:

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sudo chmod 777 /home/MyMedia

Re your hard drive being mounted under your home folder. I can help you sort that out if it's a problem for you. Well, I'll try and help sort it out

Ian.

[n2o2diver]

Thanks Ian, that was all it took. I didn't have the permissions set up right. I knew it was something simple but I had been at it so long my brain was cooked. I can't tell you how much I have learned by following your guide and I'm having too much fun. I'm actually thinking about going and taking some classes at the local college.

As far as the drive being mounted under the home folder I don't think it will be an issue, do you?
I don't mind it that way unless it will cause problems latter. I plan to install three 2Gib Drives down the road for storage. I'm just making sure I can get this server up and running well and that we will actually use it before I dish out the money for drives and a IDE SATA contoller.

Actually what I should do is turn my current desktop into the server, build me a new computer and use the old one that is acting as the server now to run Ubuntu Desktop just for fun.


Re your Deluge problem, check the permissions on your /home/MyMedia folder. If it's not r/w for everyone then issue the following command to fix:

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sudo chmod 777 /home/MyMedia


Re your hard drive being mounted under your home folder. I can help you sort that out if it's a problem for you. Well, I'll try and help sort it out

Ian.

[n2o2diver]

I seem to have another small issue I just can't figure out and I'm sure it has to do with permissions. I let deluge download a file yesterday and it stored it in the default folder

var/lib/deluge

I cant delete the file and I need to get rid of it as it is a 5Gib movie hogging up space

I think this is some type of write protected directory and I don't know how change it.

I tried chmod 777 var/lib/deluge but I still can't rm it.

The file name is The Mentalist- Season 1

When I try to remove it, it separates the name like this
can not remove The
can not remove Mentalist-
can not remove Season

I've been searching google to figure it out but I'm still lost

[Ian]

Hi there,

You could spend hours googling or you ask me and I'll tell you straight away

To remove the file issue this command:

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sudo rm "/var/lib/deluge/The Mentalist- Season 1"

Whenever you have a filename/path with spaces in it you need to stick quotes around the filename/path otherwise Ubuntu (and many other operating systems) thinks you are issuing separate commands.

Running the chmod 777 on /var/lib/deluge would have changed the permissions for the folder BUT not the permissions for the files within that folder. For that you need the -R argument (-R = recursive). So sudo chmod 777 -R /var/lib/deluge/.

If you want to just change the permissions on the file itself and not everything in that folder then just issue this command:

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sudo chmod 777 "/var/lib/deluge/The Mentalist- Season 1"

Hope this helps.

Ian.

[n2o2diver]

Thanks again Ian it is all fixed
Thanks for the quick response too, you are way better than Google!

Sometimes it drives me nuts when I know what I want/need to do but cant figure it out. That is most of my battle with the command line.
I always have to search online for examples then try and modify them for my situation. IF you get one little thing like a space or modifier wrong it goes on for hours LOL.
At least I'm learning something new and useful.

BTW I'm loving this headless version of Deluge.
If all goes well I'm going to try and get splashtop streamer and flex-get installed tonight.