On Wed, 2013-05-15 at 17:20 +0100, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > On 15/05/13 17:09, Colin Law wrote: > > On 15 May 2013 16:51, surfer <pmul...@gofast.co.uk> wrote: > >> I have just updated my system to 12.10. > >> > >> I have been looking for both recent versions of Java and Postgresql, but > >> cannot find a key or lock that I can use to download them. Before I used > >> Synaptec, which seems no longer to exist. > >> > >> I wonder if somebody could assist me > > You can use the Software Center for installing applications, or if you > > want to use synaptic then install that either using the Software > > Center or, in a terminal, > > sudo apt-get install synaptic > > > > Colin > > > > Actually, you can't get Synaptic via the Software Center. I'm sure > > Patrick tried that before posting. Indeed, we all tried it, and the > > absence of Synaptic from the Software Center has occasioned a lot of > > unfavourable comment. But of course you can get it with the terminal. > > Thank you Rowan. I have managed to download Synaptic through apt-get, but for some reason I cannot seem to use the Apply button as it has been greyed out. Consequently, I am relying on apt-get to download all of the packages I need.
Perhaps I should have downloaded a text only version of Debian. However, many thanks Patrick Mulvey -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
