How to install emacs on Kubuntu

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- Grant Edwards <grante at visi.com> wrote:

> On 2008-08-11, Leonard Chatagnier
> <lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
> >> <raphsabb at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> 
> >>> sshd is included but not necessarily installed
> by default run
> >>> the add/remove GUI app and search for openssh
> otherwise just
> >>> use apt-get install openssh
> >> 
> >> # apt-get install openssh
> >> Reading package lists... Done
> >> Building dependancy tree
> >> Reading state information... Done
> >> E: Couldn't find package openssh
> >> 
> >> This is the original problem that started the
> thread: there
> >> are no packages available to install.
> >
> > The reason you get the error message is because
> that's
> > not the correct file name.
> 
> At that point, I hadn't figured out that apt* didn't
> know about
> the proxy configuration, so clicking the "download
> updates"
> button wasn't doing anything: were no packages
> available. Using
> the right name wouldn't have helped (yet).
> 
> Once I figured out that setting the http proxy via
> the network
> manager isn't sufficient to get the apt tools
> working, I had no
> problems getting the package lists updated and
> various packages
> installed.
> 
> That raises the question how does a "normal" user
> who sticks
> with the GUI get the http proxy thing figured out
> and working?
>
Great! You figured out what the problem is and
corrected it. Sorry, me dumb on proxy stuff as
indicated in an earlier reply.  Glad you are making
progress and hope the gurus will lend a hand on the
proxy thing. Good luck.

Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net