dont have permission to move/copy file

Hi there

i am trying to follow this websitehttp://www.ctrl-alt-del.cc/2012/05/raspberry-pi-meets-edimax-ew-7811un-wireless-ada.html to setup my EDIMAX wi fi dongle, but when i get to move or extract the file it says i dont have permission, how do i get permission to do this bit??

Download the compiled driver module from here, unpack and move to /lib/modules/3.1.9+/kernel/net/wireless/

Any help would be great as i only got my PI this morning and want to play around with it.

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Former Member over 13 years ago

Darren,
you might have to put the word sudo in front of the mv command,
kind of like "simon says".
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cullimore over 13 years ago in reply to Former Member

I was just using the file manger. How do I move an item with commands?

Sorry, new to all this, been a windows user since 3.1
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Former Member over 13 years ago in reply to cullimore

on linux, the move command is mv.
mv oldfilename newfilename
you can get linux help, by doing
man mv
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cullimore over 13 years ago in reply to Former Member

Okay, I am new to Linux, so please treat me as a newbiee.

I have booted my pi to startx and I downloaded the wifi compressed file, I managed to unzip it to a folder I made on the desktop called Darren. I need to move or copy the file 8192cu.ko to /lib/modules/3.1.9+/kernel/net/wireless

When I do this it says I don't have permission. Is this because I am in the system files and trying to change it while it's loaded startx ???

How do I move this file please????

Cheers ( pulling hair out)
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Former Member over 13 years ago in reply to cullimore

Here's what I think you need to do.
First you want to change your working directory to Darren,
if it isn't already. The command for changing directories is cd.
You would give the path to Darren after the cd.
If you want to know what directory you are in, you can type pwd.
You can go up one level by typing
cd ..
(that's cd followed by a space and then two dots)
You can list the files in the current directory by typing ls

Then the command to move the file would be:
sudo mv 8192cu.ko /lib/modules/3.1.9+/kernel/net/wireless

Alternatively, if you don't want to change directories, and your
working directory is one directory above Darren, you could skip
the cd command and do:

sudo mv Darren/8192co.ko /lib/modules/3.1.9+/kernel/net/wireless
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Former Member over 13 years ago in reply to cullimore

Here's what I think you need to do.
First you want to change your working directory to Darren,
if it isn't already. The command for changing directories is cd.
You would give the path to Darren after the cd.
If you want to know what directory you are in, you can type pwd.
You can go up one level by typing
cd ..
(that's cd followed by a space and then two dots)
You can list the files in the current directory by typing ls

Then the command to move the file would be:
sudo mv 8192cu.ko /lib/modules/3.1.9+/kernel/net/wireless

Alternatively, if you don't want to change directories, and your
working directory is one directory above Darren, you could skip
the cd command and do:

sudo mv Darren/8192co.ko /lib/modules/3.1.9+/kernel/net/wireless
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