problem installing gparted

[Jimmy Wu]

"sudo gparted" gives me this response:
sudo: gparted: command not found

So that means gparted must be missing.  Is there some way to install it
without going online?
I don't understand why "apt-get install gparted" does not work

Thanks for the help

Jimmy Wu


On 6/28/07, Jeff Rice <lonewolf.jeff at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Jimmy Wu wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I installed Ubuntu 7.04 on my computer off a live CD.  When I boot
> > from the CD, GPartEd is visible under the System/Administration menu.
> > However, the Ubuntu installed on my hard drive does not have gparted
> > installed (there is no GPartEd icon at the System/Administration menu).
> > When I go to the Terminal and type in "sudo apt-get install gparted",
> > it gives me this:
> >
> > Reading package lists...Done
> > Building dependency tree
> > Reading state information...Done
> > Package gparted is not available, but is referred to by another package.
> > This may mean that it is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only
> > available from another source
> > E: Package gparted has no installation candidate
> >
> > Using the synaptic package manager, I can see that my system does have
> > libparted 1.7.1, as well as the parted package.  There is nothing when
> > I search for gparted though.
> > I can't install gparted via add/remove programs because my ubuntu
> > computer is not connected to the internet.  I do have the live CD for
> > Ubuntu 7.04 though, and I was wondering if anyone knew how to install
> > gparted from that?
> >
> > I would greatly appreciate any help on getting gparted to install.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> What happens when you type "sudo gparted" in a terminal screen?  If it
> works in terminal mode you need to add the icon by using
> "System-->Preferences-->Main Menu"  when i upgraded to Fiesty I lost the
> icon.  Had to add it back to the menu of Administration.
>
> Jeff Rice
>
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