Intrepid KDE 4.2 64bit Firefox and Thunderbird

[Eberhard Roloff]

Billie Erin Walsh wrote:
> 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?
> 
Because before this, synaptic itself needs to be installed, as Alan 
suggested?