Install problem QTparted

[Steven Vollom]

Ignazio Palmisano wrote:
> Steven Vollom wrote:
>   
>> Thanks to a recent posting, it appears that qtparted is a package that 
>> can format my thumb drive.  Using Adept Package Manager I installed 
>> qtparted.  Every indication was that it was successfully installed.  It 
>> appears on Kmenu.  When I attempt to open it, the cursor indicates that 
>> the computer is trying to open the package, however, after a few moments 
>> that attempt ceases and the package remains unopened.
>>
>> Steven
>>
>>     
>
> I've had the same problem from time to time. My workaround is to start 
> it from the console:
>
> kdesudo qtparted
>
> a password window pops up: insert your password
>
> and you get the program running.
> HTH,
> I.
>
>   
Thanks Ignazio, that worked great.  I have had similar problems with 
other packages in the past.  Will that step work for all, do you think?  
Do I have to do it each time I try to open from Kmenu?
Cheers!
Steven