On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 9:04 PM, Narendra Sisodiya < [email protected]> wrote:
> >> I am using the i386 version. >> See, I am able to install Ubuntu into the pen drive. >> I am able to boot from it as well. >> I am able to run the pre-installed applications also. >> But I am not able to install any new software through apt, as it simply >> does not appear in the available choices in synaptic. I am able to run >> update manager and get the updates, but it is not my aim to get the updates- >> I just want to install a few packages. So- how do I get those packages to >> appear in the synaptic list? > > > Yes, dear, > run > > sudo apt-get update > > > This will not update your system this will update packagelist of repo. > inshort, it will download metadata of package.. > > -- > l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm > Thanks, Narendra. I will try to get back to you after trying this. -- Mihir Mehta, B. Tech. student, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. -- l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
