Server help

[IceMan]

Hi,

I have a linux dedicated server with Centos and i tried setting up a server yesterday and i got a error saying "file not found". This is the bit i got up to,

Step 2: Extracting the files

Once saved to your home directory, you will need to extract the files. Since the files are compressed into a GZIP archive, you will need software capable of extracting from it. By default most Linux distros will already have this, but if not, it is easy to acquire. For Debian, simply run apt-get install gzip as root. Google will provide information about how to do this on other distros.

To decompress the files, run the following command:

tar -zxvf mtaserver-linux-v1.1.1.tar.gz

This should show you the files being extracted. Once complete, you will have a new directory in your home folder called mtaserver-linux-v1.1.1. It is now safe to delete the original file, since you'll no longer need it. Do this by running rm -rf mtaserver-linux-v1.1.1.tar.gz.

So i manually extracted and uploaded then renamed the main folder as mtaserver-linux-v1.1.1 but when i did cd mtaserver-linux-v1.1.1 it said "file not found" so i renamed it to mta and still said "file not found" so i cant set it up. If you know what i mean. Also im using Putty as the SSH client.

Thanks

[Jani]

Can you run the ls -l command in the directory where you have put the files, and tell me the output?

[IceMan]

It says "Unknown command". Would it be best if i change the OS to debian? Might be best. Because cent has been known to show unknown command in SSH before

[Jani]

Yes if it is possible to have the server reinstalled, I'd definitely go for Debian.

[IceMan]

Well im getting a new server and was going to get cent but because it aint been setup i can still have it changed