> > well howcome that I have searched each file in the Packet Manager and > have not been able to find it but it will show up when doing a > search??? that doesnt make much sense to me.... it is an older version > 1.0.13 as against the 1.0.17 version I did download so surely I should > be better off with the later version anyway???
I don't agree that you will always be better off with the later version of any given thing. It is up to you to check. In this case the question is "Is the easily accessible version of Gambas 1.0.13 acceptable to me or is it worth the monumental effort to acquire the latest version 1.0.17?". Also, I can tell you why the package did not show up when you searched for it: you are using GUI tools. Command-line tools are generally better for doing stuff. Synaptic is pretty good, but surely the following is easier: apt-cache search gambas (Read list of returned package names. Pick the one that you want. In this case it is 'gambas', but sometimes it could be some funky derivative of the name.) Then (as root): apt-get install gambas Tada! No GUI involved. The first command will tell you if the package is available. The second installs it. If you don't find what you want then you can research why: * either the package is not available in your repository- so add a line to /etc/apt/sources.list * or it is not available at all, so download and build from source. Synaptic sort of hides all this from you. If you don't encounter it, you'll never learn. You can click all the buttons on the GUI, but it won't help unless you know why. HTH, Andrew
