Package amangers and Sonar
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Having installed Sonar I am unable to install any additional software as the Software Center keeps prompting me for an application to install the selected package. I can't find any such package manager on my installation. Can anyone help with this dilema...how to install packages without a package manager? I can use the command line but do not have a clue as to what I am doing and am visually impaired as well. A GUUI solution such as Syaptic is best for me as I can control the visual aspects enough to use the program. Many thanks for any and all help.
Brent
Hello,
Which version of Sonar are you running? What package are you trying to
install?
On 02/24/2014 05:33 PM, Brent Hughes wrote:
Sonar based on 12.04 lts and I cannot install ANY package at all.
The software center loads just fine and the full list is presented. At each entry is a link that says Get this from Ubuntu and then a windo opens promting me for the application to use to handle the link. No application is suggesteded and I am left with a file manager window but with no clue as to what to use.
Can anyone provide the command line syntax for installing Synaptic, as I believe in my limited understanding, that this should solve my problem. TIA,
Brent
OK, did some experimenting and used:
apt-get install synaptic
That worked just fine and now synaptic is running well and I can install apps just fine.
Seems to me however that this lack of a packagae manager is a seriousflaw if the distro wishes to draw new users to the Linux world. The Sonar Software Center did not work out of the box and if I had not reached out or done some experimenting on my own I would have abandoned this distro fairly quickly.
Thanks,
Brent