synaptic package manager not in menu

[Robert Holtzman]

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 08:40:30PM -0400, Fred Roller wrote:
> 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.

Ummmmm......from my original post:
 
> "Edit Menus" showed the package manager was checked.

A little elementary but thanks anyway.

-- 
Bob Holtzman
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"If you think you're getting free lunch,
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