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Old 09-16-2007, 03:55 PM   #1
paulrosenthal07
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Cool problems with my synaptic


hey there every one i just did a clean install of Mepis and am a newbie at this too so: i'm trying to open up synaptic an an error message come up that reads "KDEInit could not launch '/usr/bin/gksu'" any advice?


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Old 09-16-2007, 08:56 PM   #2
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Did you get a beta release? Those can be quite buggy at times. Anyway, try this:

launch Applications > Accessories > Terminal and type:

sudo synaptic
 
  


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