[ubuntu-uk] Curve-fitting program or package (a gnuplot example)

[Tony Arnold]

Robin,

Robin Menneer wrote:

> This is the first time I've tried to use  Synaptic Search and have got
> as far as being asked for a package but failed to get the files listed
> by you.  I've got the .tar file into desktop but failed to link it up
> with Synaptic.  It's no good people raving about weaning ordinary folk
> out of windows if they are subsequently let loose in such unfriendly
> territory.

You need to have the 'Universe' package source enabled. Which version of
Ubuntu are you running, because the instructions for enabling it are
different for Dapper and Edgy (it's much simpler in Edgy)?

Regards,
Tony.
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