> > > 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
