<p>Their instructions are outdated and don't match what exists on their server. The problem you're running into is not at the <code>cd</code> step but even before that - at your first step even. Your <code>wget</code> fails because that file does not exist. Go to <a href="http://wasabiapp.org/download/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://wasabiapp.org/download/</a> and see for yourself - there is no <code>/prank/</code> directory in there.</p>
<p>I tried using <code>curl</code>, and it wrote the 404 page as a <code>.tar.gz</code> file, so if you did that, the tar step would error out.</p>

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<p>I want to install <a href="http://wasabiapp.org/software/prank/prank_installation/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">PRANK</a> on the Windows 10 Linux subsystem (Ubuntu 20.04 LTS), I have followed the installation instructions to no avail.</p>
<pre><code>wget http://wasabiapp.org/download/prank/prank.source.140603.tgz
tar xvzf prank.source.140603.tgz
cd prank-msa/src
make
./prank

[ cp prank ~/bin ]
[ sudo cp prank /usr/bin ]
</code></pre>
<p>I followed those instructions but got stuck with <code>cd prank-msa/src</code> I don't know why they want me to enter a directory that doesn't exist. I also followed this video on how to install linux files but it wasn't helpful. Any suggestions would be appreciated.</p>

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Installation of PRANK MSA in WLS Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
# Installation of PRANK MSA in WLS Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-08-08)

I want to install PRANK on the Windows 10 Linux subsystem (Ubuntu 20.04 LTS), I have followed the installation instructions to no avail.
wget http://wasabiapp.org/download/prank/prank.source.140603.tgz
tar xvzf prank.source.140603.tgz
cd prank-msa/src
make
./prank

[ cp prank ~/bin ]
[ sudo cp prank /usr/bin ]

I followed those instructions but got stuck with cd prank-msa/src I don't know why they want me to enter a directory that doesn't exist. I also followed this video on how to install linux files but it wasn't helpful. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-08-08. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

Their instructions are outdated and don't match what exists on their server. The problem you're running into is not at the `cd` step but even before that - at your first step even. Your `wget` fails because that file does not exist. Go to <http://wasabiapp.org/download/> and see for yourself - there is no `/prank/` directory in there.

I tried using `curl`, and it wrote the 404 page as a `.tar.gz` file, so if you did that, the tar step would error out.


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