On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 9:56 PM, Mihir Mehta <[email protected]>wrote:
> > > 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. > > Problem solved. Thanks. > -- > Mihir Mehta, > B. Tech. student, > Department of Computer Science and Engineering, > Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. > -- Mihir Mehta, B. Tech. student, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. -- l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
