synaptic package manager not in menu
Robert Holtzman
holtzm at cox.net
Wed Sep 16 01:32:58 UTC 2009
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.
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Bob Holtzman
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