Ubuntu 11.04 - the Natty Narwhal - released in April 2011 When I try to share a file folder and use Ubuntu's install File sharing utility i receive the install fail message and this detail: Details: Text ended before matching quote was found for ". (The text was '$ gpg --import samba-pubkey.asc $ gunzip samba-version.tar.gz $ gpg --verify samba-release.tar.asc gpg: Signature made Tue 20 Nov 2007 07:12:04 PM CST using \ DSA key ID 6568B7EA gpg: Good signature from "Samba Distribution Verification Key \ ‹samba-bugs@samba.org› iD8DBQBOQRwobzORW2Vot+oRAiepAJoDEyEldUDoXZOoln+vB8pASgg3sACfRD5x 2lTfk3Txxmh2ar84LXvwJJA= =T+AY') Using the Ubuntu software center gave me this detail following failure. Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/s/samba/samba_3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.2_i386.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.31 80] I tried to use the download site but the launcher I created by pasting in the text from http://samba.org/samba/download/ returns the following error. Details: Text ended before matching quote was found for ". (The text was '$ gpg --import samba-pubkey.asc $ gunzip samba-version.tar.gz samba-3.6.0.tar.gz gpg: Signature made Tue 20 Nov 2007 07:12:04 PM CST using \ DSA key ID 6568B7EA gpg: Good signature from "Samba Distribution Verification Key \ ‹samba-bugs@samba.org› iD8DBQBOQRwobzORW2Vot+oRAiepAJoDEyEldUDoXZOoln+vB8pASgg3sACfRD5x 2lTfk3Txxmh2ar84LXvwJJA= =T+AY') When I insert the missing ["] after the word "Key" so the line reads: gpg: Good signature from "Samba Distribution Verification Key" \ ‹samba-bugs@samba.org› I get the error: Details: Failed to execute child process "$" (No such file or directory) At this point I am lost. I changed: $ gunzip samba-version.tar.gz to read $ gunzip samba-3.6.0.tar.gz.tar.gz and get the same error. If the process "$" [I'm learning or miss-learning fast.] is:
mycae (mycae) said on 2011-08-21: Your package index could be out of date, referring to an old version of the deb that has been superseded. try sudo apt-get update I did and samba installed. Still cannot get into my Win XP workgroup but that is another problem. How the package index got out of date is just a few days after download and install is troubling.