I was at the guide the other day, who knew it would be so useful days later. The first command is doing something, the terminal is ablaze with activity now. The second command installed something related to fastboot. Here's a snap of the output, so we're on the same page.
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Reading package lists... Done
britton@britton-VirtualBox:~/Desktop/HouseOfMoto$ sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb android-tools-fastboot
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
android-tools-adb android-tools-fastboot
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 157 not upgraded.
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trusty/main android-tools-adb amd64 4.2.2+git20130218-3ubuntu36 [67.1 kB]
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trusty/main android-tools-fastboot amd64 4.2.2+git20130218-3ubuntu36 [47.4 kB]
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Selecting previously unselected package android-tools-adb.
(Reading database ... 164765 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../android-tools-adb_4.2.2+git20130218-3ubuntu36_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking android-tools-adb (4.2.2+git20130218-3ubuntu36) ...
Selecting previously unselected package android-tools-fastboot.
Preparing to unpack .../android-tools-fastboot_4.2.2+git20130218-3ubuntu36_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking android-tools-fastboot (4.2.2+git20130218-3ubuntu36) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1) ...
Setting up android-tools-adb (4.2.2+git20130218-3ubuntu36) ...
Setting up android-tools-fastboot (4.2.2+git20130218-3ubuntu36) ...
britton@britton-VirtualBox:~/Desktop/HouseOfMoto$
Maybe now it will work, but before I try it is there anything else i should be aware of so that this process does not hit anymore snags?