synaptic package manager not in menu

[Fred Roller]

Robert Holtzman wrote:
> After creating an account for my step-daughter, I gave her (temporary) 
> admin privileges so she could install some software. When I had her 
> look in the System -> Administration menu synaptic package manager was 
> absent. I was able to install the s/w she wanted with apt-get so she 
> *did* have admin privileges. "Edit Menus" showed the package manager 
> was checked. Running "/usr/sbin/synaptic worked but I would like it in 
> the GUI menu for her.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>   
Try:

Hover over the "Application Places System" area of the panel and :

    Right Click->Edit Menus

in the resulting windows scroll down to the "System:Administration" line 
and click.  In the right side see if Synaptic is checked.  If not, check 
it.  Try that and see if it adds the Synaptic menu item to the menu.

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Fred
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