On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 00:54:59 -0700 (MST), der.hans wrote: > Am 14. Jan, 2005 schwätzte Ric Fischer so: > > > Thanks for the instructions. I tried them and the result is that > > apt-get install synaptic reported it's already installed. > > Don't forget that you can try things from the command line :). > > synaptic Yes, I did that and that's how I first saw its interface. But, I couldn't believe it wasn't in the Gnome menu, until I found it in the _other_ menu. :-) > > So, do I learn on the web (synaptic is a rather common word to search > > for)? Or, is there something I can read already installed on my > > computer? > > "man synaptic" would provide the man page. "man://synaptic" or something > like that should work on konqueror, maybe other browsers as well. Doesn't > seem to in mozilla or galeon. I could swear I'd tried man, but it didn't work. However, it works now, so maybe I just thought I'd tried it. > /usr/share/doc// is another place to look. And, of course, > once you get a program up and running it might have inline help. Ahh! Thanks for that. -- Ric Fischer --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss