problem installing gparted

[Jeff Rice]

Jimmy Wu wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> I installed Ubuntu 7.04 on my computer off a live CD.  When I boot
> from the CD, GPartEd is visible under the System/Administration menu. 
> However, the Ubuntu installed on my hard drive does not have gparted
> installed (there is no GPartEd icon at the System/Administration menu). 
> When I go to the Terminal and type in "sudo apt-get install gparted",
> it gives me this:
>  
> Reading package lists...Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information...Done
> Package gparted is not available, but is referred to by another package.
> This may mean that it is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only
> available from another source
> E: Package gparted has no installation candidate
>  
> Using the synaptic package manager, I can see that my system does have
> libparted 1.7.1, as well as the parted package.  There is nothing when
> I search for gparted though. 
> I can't install gparted via add/remove programs because my ubuntu
> computer is not connected to the internet.  I do have the live CD for
> Ubuntu 7.04 though, and I was wondering if anyone knew how to install
> gparted from that?
>  
> I would greatly appreciate any help on getting gparted to install.
>  
> Thanks.
>  
>  
What happens when you type "sudo gparted" in a terminal screen?  If it
works in terminal mode you need to add the icon by using
"System-->Preferences-->Main Menu"  when i upgraded to Fiesty I lost the
icon.  Had to add it back to the menu of Administration.

Jeff Rice