Issues with uploading bootloader to standalone atmega328p using USBTinyISP

I have tried looking on google to find an answer to the question above, but I cannot find one which allows my operating system, Ubuntu, to connect to the USBTinyISP (yes, I have tried creating rules files). Can someone please help me with this?

What makes you think your operating system can't connect to the USBTinyISP?

(yes, I have tried creating rules files).

Show what you have.

I get avrdude ser_open() errors every time I try to connect to the device

http://www.krekr.nl/content/using-usbtinyisp-with-ubuntu/

I tried using the instructions in the link above, but they did not work

This is what I use for Linux Mint.

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1781", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0c9f", GROUP="dialout"

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