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-====== Chdir ======+[[http://xkcd.com/293/|{{ http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/rtfm.png|Do you really want to run an OS where the people who write it see this and think "What's the joke?"}}]] 
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 +====== Change Directory ======
  
 You must now change to the directory into which Synchronet will be installed.  This is the directory you created in [[install:nix:createdir|Step 1]].  If you are not installing into /sbbs and the /sbbs symlink does not exist, you will need to change the path to the correct install directory, ie: ''cd /home/myuser/sbbs'' You must now change to the directory into which Synchronet will be installed.  This is the directory you created in [[install:nix:createdir|Step 1]].  If you are not installing into /sbbs and the /sbbs symlink does not exist, you will need to change the path to the correct install directory, ie: ''cd /home/myuser/sbbs''
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 +===== Common Errors ===== 
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 +Once the above is taken into account, it is fiendishly hard to cause an error with this step.  Because of this, everyone makes a different new and wonderful error, none of which are common.
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 +After getting this step wrong //and// looking for help on what could possibly be the problem, you should seriously reconsider if this is really the OS you should be using -- or at least if you should maybe learn how to use the OS before trying to install software on it.  
  
 ===== See Also ===== ===== See Also =====
   * [[:install:nix:|install:nix index]]   * [[:install:nix:|install:nix index]]
  
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