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Question #59037 on Easy Peasy changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu-eee/+question/59037

    Status: Answered => Open

swanvil is still having a problem:
Thanks so much for the help with this. I have not had a chance to try it out
yet because my son has taken the EEE but when I get it back, I will use this
information. MANY THANKS  again for your help,

Nick M

On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 1:24 PM, Jonathon Hodges <
question59037@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Your question #59037 on Easy Peasy changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu-eee/+question/59037
>
>    Status: Open => Answered
>
> Jonathon Hodges proposed the following answer:
> Hi Nick,
> With Linux, you're almost always better off using a thing called the
> package manager to install programmes for you.  In Easy Peasy, the package
> manager is called Synaptic.  I'm assuming you're connected to the internet
> when you do the following steps.
>
> Go into Administration from the main Easy Peasy menu.   Start Synaptic
> on your computer.
>
> When that loads up, you'll find a big list of applications that you can
> install.  If you press the search button, type in gnucash and hit ok.
>
> That should find three 'packages', one of which is gnucash.  Click the
> little box at the left hand end of the gnucash listing and choose "Mark
> for installation".  This will get Synaptic ready to install it.  At this
> point, Synaptic will pop up a box telling you that there are several
> other packages that gnucash needs to have installed for it to work,
> these are called 'dependencies'.  This is one good reason to use a
> package manager; it takes care of the dependencies for you.
>
> Hit OK and you'll be back at the list in Synaptic.  You can see that
> it's highlighted the two gnucash packages in green, showing that they're
> about to be installed.  Next, hit apply in the tool bar at the top.
> Synaptic will then get to work installing gnucash and its dependencies.
>
> After it's all done you can close Synaptic and then you should find
> gnucash in the main menu somewhere, perhaps in Office.
>
> The other useful thing that a package manager like Synaptic will do is
> set up your applications so that they're automatically updated when a
> new version comes out or if a bug is fixed.
>
> Jon
>
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