Intrepid KDE 4.2 64bit Firefox and Thunderbird

[Billie Erin Walsh]

Alan Dacey wrote:
> Steven Vollom wrote:
>   
>> I have a 64 bit AMD that is supposed to run 32 bit aps too.  I can't 
>> seem to get either Firefox or Thunderbird to show up in Adept.  Is there 
>> something I should know about this.  It is working on my 32bit 
>> installation of Intrepid.
>>
>> Steven
>>
>>     
> The new Adept is only good for automatic updates.  Use Synaptic to install 
> stuff, that will actually show you the packages you are searching for.
> Drop to a command line and type in:
>       sudo apt-get install synaptic
>
> Alan
>
>   

OK???????
Why wouldn't you just let synaptic do the install?