GRASS - GIS- getting and installing

[Corey Bettenhausen]

veldskoen wrote:
> I am new to Ubuntu and I am wanting to migrate from MS operating systems to
> Ubuntu and would be very grateful if anyone could help me load the GIS
> software GRASS onto my desktop running Ubuntu 7.10. I have followed the
> online installation instructions, however although it seems as if grass was
> downloaded, I am not able to actually install the software. Any help or
> recommendations would be really appreciated.
How did you attempt to install it?  Did you use the package manager 
(System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager)?  If not, give 
that a shot.  Grass is in the repositories.
-Corey