problem installing gparted

[Jimmy Wu]

I tried dpkg, but that doesn't work either:

"sudo dpkg -i gparted" produces the following
dpkg: error processing gparted (--install):
 cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:  gparted

So I tried a different approach that thankfully worked.  I went on a
different computer (one with an Internet connection), and searched for
gparted on http://packages.ubuntu.com/feisty/, saved the package onto my USB
drive, and brought it over to my Ubuntu computer.  Double-clicking on the
package brings up GDebi Package Installer.  At first, it complained of
several missing dependency packages, so I had to download and install those
first.  After I did all that, it let me install gparted, so now Gnome
Partition Editor is up and running.

Hooray! :-)

Thanks to all for your suggestions

Jimmy Wu


On 6/28/07, (``-_-´´) -- Fernando <Ubuntu at bugabundo.net> wrote:
>
> You can install any package by just using dpkg from the console
> if gparted is on the Ubuntu CD, you can use it as a repository and
> then just run dpkg -i gparted
>
> On 6/28/07, Jimmy Wu <jimmywu013 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > "sudo gparted" gives me this response:
> > sudo: gparted: command not found
> >
> > So that means gparted must be missing.  Is there some way to install it
> > without going online?
> > I don't understand why "apt-get install gparted" does not work
> >
> > Thanks for the help
> >
> > Jimmy Wu
> >
> >
> >
> > On 6/28/07, Jeff Rice <lonewolf.jeff at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > 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
> > >
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