I know this is really basic stuff but on putting my password in after sudo
apt-get update I got the response steve (ie me) is not in the subdoers
file. This incident will be reported. Any guidance here would be very much
appreciated. I fully intend to read up on this stuff but getting gnumeric
is a bit urgent for me as my business accounts are on it.


On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 11:58 AM, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info>
wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 04, 2014 at 11:37:03AM +0100, Steve Greig wrote:
> > I have been using gnumeric for year on Windows. I just started using
> Linux
> > after a long gap and also on a different distro so I am a bit out of my
> > depth. One of the most important things for me is to have gnumeric. I
> can't
> > see it already installed and I cant find Synaptic which I have used a
> > couple of years ago. I would really appreciate some advice on how to
> > install gnumeric on my Debian wheezy OS. I have used the command line
> > before but am very rusty on it.
>
> I don't have wheezy here to test, but the following ought to work. If
> you have sudo on your account:
>
> sudo aptitude install -P ~n^gnumeric
>
>
> otherwise su to the root user first:
>
> su -
> aptitude install -P ~n^gnumeric
>
>
> This ought to install the gnumeric application, common files,
> documentation, and standard plugins. If you prefer to manually choose
> which to install:
>
> aptitude search gnumeric
> aptitude install [name of package from above]
>
> (remember to use sudo or su as needed).
>
>
>
>
> --
> Steven
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