Intrepid KDE 4.2 64bit Firefox and Thunderbird

[Jonas Norlander]

2009/2/28 Billie Erin Walsh <bilwalsh at swbell.net>:
> Eberhard Roloff wrote:
>> 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?
>>
>>
>>
> I don't know about anyone else's install but synaptic was on mine. YMMV
>

Synaptic is a GNOME program and used as default package manager in
Ubuntu, Kubuntu on the other hand uses KDE and has Adept as default
program manager as it is a KDE program. Synaptic is not in a default
installation of Kubuntu.
You must have installed it or it was pulled in as a dependence of
another package.

/ Jonas