So I went back and read all the comments on this problem and it is not going anywhere. We need to see if synaptic is even installed and if it is not then install it. The first thing to do would be to type synaptic on the command line.<br>
<br>$ synaptic<br><br>If that does not work then it could be that it is not in your path so lets try and type out the full path to synaptic. First lets look for it.<br><br>$ whereis synaptic<br><br>My laptop told me it is in /usr/sbin so I will try that if yours just returned synaptic: then you may not have it or you may need to run updatedb first. Because my laptop has it in /usr/sbin I will try and run it from there.<br>
<br>$ /usr/sbin/synaptic<br><br>Did it work? If not then it is probably not installed. Lets check to see if it is installed.<br><br>$ dpkg -s synaptic | grep Status<br><br>My laptop returned "Status: install ok installed". If yours does not try to install it.<br>
<br>$ sudo apt-get install synaptic<br><br>My laptop says newest version is all ready installed. If you want to just do a system update then type the following commands.<br><br>$ sudo apt-get update<br>$ sudo apt-get upgrade<br>
<br>I hope that helps. If you still have questions just keep them coming. <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 6:54 PM, WILLIAM PATTERSON+I*I SMITH <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wpsmithii@msn.com">wpsmithii@msn.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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I looked 40 lines deep and no 'synaptic' string. Can I do an "apt-get" and accomplish updating the system? That's all I'm really concerned about.<br><br><hr>From: <a href="mailto:wpsmithii@msn.com" target="_blank">wpsmithii@msn.com</a><div class="im">
<br>To: <a href="mailto:clue-tech@cluedenver.org" target="_blank">clue-tech@cluedenver.org</a><br></div>Subject: RE: [clue-tech] Missing Synaptic [was Re: Grab your coat, it'sstill on!]<br>Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:41:06 -0700<div>
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Would you suggest looking further into the xsessions code, like 40 lines?<br><br>> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:36:13 -0700<br>> From: <a href="mailto:cluemail@jbaer.cotse.net" target="_blank">cluemail@jbaer.cotse.net</a><br>
> To: <a href="mailto:clue-tech@cluedenver.org" target="_blank">clue-tech@cluedenver.org</a><br>> Subject: Re: [clue-tech] Missing Synaptic [was Re: Grab your coat, it'sstill on!]<br>> <br>> On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:50:28 -0700<br>
> WILLIAM PATTERSON+I*I SMITH wrote:<br>> <br>> > [bill@localhost ~]$ tail -f --lines=20 ~/.xsession-errors<br>> <br>> The point of this exercise is to locate the error message relating to<br>> synaptic not starting. That error message should contain the string<br>
> 'synaptic'.<br>> <br>> -- <br>> Ok, so we should be thinking of a lovable, cuddly, stuffed penguin<br>> sitting down after having gorged itself on herring. Still with me? <br>> -- Linux Torvalds<br>
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