Upgrading and installing with Adept

[skenzie]

I've just installed Kubuntu in an old computer and starting to find my way around.
I want to install some programmes and upgrade others. I have found the list of these but Adept won't let me do anything unless I am the administrator. I installed Synaptic via the konsole but this programme does the same. There is no button to go into administration mode and I have no idea how to login as administrator.

Can someone help?

[aged hippy]

Re: Upgrading and installing with Adept

It should ask you for your password. If it doesn't, and won't let you make any changes, press <Alt> <F2> and type into the field: kdesu adept_manager and then give it your password.

Incidentally, Welcome.... and Have Fun.

[skenzie]

Re: Upgrading and installing with Adept

Thanks for the reply. It does actually ask for a password but the programmes disappear when I type it in.

Would a fresh install of Kubuntu help? (not that I know how to do that)

[aged hippy]

Re: Upgrading and installing with Adept

I must admit, that is what i would be inclined to do. My motto is: if it takes longer than an hour to sort out - it's quicker to re-install.

As for how to do it, stuff the CD into the drive, re-boot, and when the CD has booted, select the Check disc for defects option.

If that is successful, select your locale, keyboard, etc, then the installer will spend a while looking at your discs.

When it's finished, select the Manual method, this will lead to more disc-examining, and if you don't have anything on the disc that you want to keep, delete any partitions already there, and create three partitions on it.

I am assuming that as you said "an old computer" that there is nothing on it which you want to keep.

If you create the first partition ~10Gb and tell it to format it ext3, and to mount it as / i think it will default to that. This is where the OS will live, it won't use all that, mine uses 4Gb, but 10Gb is a nice, round number.

Then create another partition of the rest of the HD minus ~1Gb, tell it to format it as ext3, and to mount it as /home.
This is handy for re-installing, you keep all your settings this way.

The rest (1Gb) tell it to format and use as Swap, it may not be necessary, but... old habits die hard.

Press <Forward> and roll a cigarette.

[skenzie]

Re: Upgrading and installing with Adept

Thanks Aged Hippy, that all sounds very sensible and I'll try it out tonight. Apart from the rolled cigarette......

[aged hippy]

Re: Upgrading and installing with Adept

You are Most Welcome.... i'll smoke that one for you, then.