driver for a lexmark prevail pro 705 on ubuntu 9.10

is your .sh file executable?

Open a terminal [alt+f2 type gnome-terminal] and cd to the directory of your .sh file

.sh files-

first make it executable by command

chmod +x ./<name of the package>

then try executing it..

press Alt+F2

type-
gksudo nautilus
browse to the package file, right click and go to permission tab

set owner as yourself and mark "allow executing as program".

this is an alternative method to make a file executable if you have admin privilege

Firstly the full name of the downloaded file is: lexmark-inkjet-09-driver-1.5-1.i386.deb.sh.tar.gz. Presumably to get a file ending: -driver-1.5-1.i386.deb.sh you have already decompressed it?

Quite often with a tar.gz there is a file called "Readme" or "Readmefirst" or similar. Is there such a file and have you read it? If there is, what does it say?

I do not understand why you are opening the file ending" -driver-1.5-1.i386.deb.sh" with gedit. Gedit is a text editor. A file marked .sh is a script to be run. Have you right clicked on the file ending "-driver-1.5-1.i386.deb.sh" to check it's permissions? Is it shown as executable?

none of these work

Thanks shababhsiddique, that solved my question.

I am a beginner in Ubuntu 9.10, and had difficulty with instructions listed above. After many hours' working to unpack the tarball after my download, I stumbled on this and it worked.
Click to download the Debian package drivers, from the Lexmark.com site, for the pro 705:
1) On the next screen, make sure Open with Archive Manager (default) is selected, click ok
2) After the file downloads, the Archive Manager screen will pop open with the Lexmark file on a line. Left click that file once to highlight it
3) In upper left corner click file, then click Save as
4) a Save screen will open with the file highlighted. The Save in folder should show your user name (mine is Jeannie). If it does have your user name in it, click Create, in the lower right
5) When that's done a screen called Creating archive will come up. At the bottom, click Open the Archive
6) Now close all the screens you have been working on
7) At the top of your Ubuntu screen, click Home Folder. Find your "lexmark-inkjet-09-driver-1.5-1.i386.deb.sh.tar.gz" file
8) Right click once on that file
9) Click "Extract Here"
10) the install for your printer should begin
11) One more thing: you will need root authorization privileges to install. They are different from your password needed to sign in. If you haven't already got them, them go to Applications>Accessories> terminal and type in: sudo passwd
12) You will be led through easy steps to create your root password and privileges