[ubuntu-uk] Packages for Java and Postgresql

[Rowan Berkeley]

On 15/05/13 17:09, Colin Law wrote:
> On 15 May 2013 16:51, surfer <pmulvey at gofast.co.uk> wrote:
>> I have just updated my system to 12.10.
>>
>> I have been looking for both recent versions of Java and Postgresql, but
>> cannot find a key or lock that I can use to download them. Before I used
>> Synaptec, which seems no longer to exist.
>>
>> I wonder if somebody could assist me
> You can use the Software Center for installing applications, or if you
> want to use synaptic then install that either using the Software
> Center or, in a terminal,
> sudo apt-get install synaptic
>
> Colin
>
> Actually, you can't get Synaptic via the Software Center. I'm sure 
> Patrick tried that before posting. Indeed, we all tried it, and the 
> absence of Synaptic from the Software Center has occasioned a lot of 
> unfavourable comment. But of course you can get it with the terminal.