[genesys]

Hi!

I'm no linux guy at all - and just followed this guide http://www.blogsdna.com/3824/how-to-down...-linux.htm to install firefox on xbmc live. I was puzzled cause it worked and i had no idea how. did it download firefox from somewhere? or was it already present on the harddisk from the LIVE installation? (if someone could answer that question too, it would be appreciated)


Anyhow - next i'd like to install Truecrypt. I have an external harddrive connected by USB to my HTPC. On the harddrive is a truecrypt container. Now i'd like to install truecrypt and configure it such that the container gets automatically mounted as soon as i connect my usb stick with the proper authentication file (or if the usb stick is already present when booting up the htpc).

So my Questions are:


1. How do i install truecrypt on my XBMC live?

2. How do i make truecrypt automatically run in the background when i startup my htpc?

3. how do i configure truecrypt such that it automatically mounts the container from the external harddrive when i plugin my usb stick with the authentication file on it?


Any help is appreciated!
thanks a lot!

[prae5]

Step 3 in that guide installs firefox. Command "apt-get install firefox-3.5"

This has nothing to do with xbmc. You will get better support on Ubuntu forums for something like this. ALternatively google - plenty of guides on how to achieve things like this.

[genesys]

Step 3 in that guide installs firefox. Command "apt-get install firefox-3.5"

yeah but where did it come from? i didn't download anything

[tredman]

yeah but where did it come from? i didn't download anything

The hint is in the get, it gets firefox from the preset sources and installs it. Google it, sources and deb packages to see!

[genesys]

seriously? it automatically googles it and finds the proper application? i can install that way any other application simply by the applications name?? now that's great science!

[JumJum]

seriously? it automatically googles it and finds the proper application? i can install that way any other application simply by the applications name?? now that's great science!

Well, not google, but yes, and yes that does surprise a lot of windows users!

[FishOil]

seriously? it automatically googles it and finds the proper application? i can install that way any other application simply by the applications name?? now that's great science!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Package_management_system

[Pvt_Ryan]

God you know things are bad when you have to use truecrypt to protect your porn.

[genesys]

God you know things are bad when you have to use truecrypt to protect your porn.

Hehe - true but that's on my computer, not XBMC
So - how do I get TrueCrypt on xbmc?

I tried
apt-get install truecrypt-6.3a

but then it tells me:
E: couldn't find package truecrypt-6.3a


if i try instead
apt-get install truecrypt

then it says:
Package truecrypt is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source


how do i find out what sources i need and how do i add them?

[Pvt_Ryan]

try
apt-cache search truecrypt

[FishOil]

Download it from the truecrypt website. Extract the tar file and run the shell script.

[genesys]

Download it from the truecrypt website. Extract the tar file and run the shell script.

and how would I do that? I don't even manage to mount my bloody flash stick. if i follow this guide: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-how-...stick.html then i have in the mounting folder just the same folders i have in my /# directory (like bin, dev, initrd.img, media, proc and so on...)

[Pvt_Ryan]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=truecrypt

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=truccrypt+docs

[Pvt_Ryan]

ignore that guide

here is what to do.

Get to a command shell (ctrl+F1 if you are seeing the XBMC GUI)

log in as xbmc
passwd xbmc

$> dmesg
(insert your usb stick)
$> dmesg | tail -n20 | grep -i /dev/

the usb is seen as a scsi device so it will be something like
/dev/sdX
where X is a letter (more than likely b)

$> mount | grep -i XXX
(replace X with the /dev/sdbX you saw above)

you will see something like:
/dev/sdb1 on /media/usbdisk type ..........

the bit with the /media/ above is where the usb disk is mounted to.