Re: How do I install gnumeric on Debian wheezy?

[Jean Brefort <jean brefort free fr>]

Looks like you re not in the sudo group (in the /etc/group file). In
that case, use su (with the admin password).

Regards,
Jean

Le lundi 04 août 2014 à 15:00 +0100, Steve Greig a écrit :
> I know this is really basic stuff but on putting my password in after
> sudo apt-get update I got the response steve (ie me) is not in the
> subdoers file. This incident will be reported. Any guidance here would
> be very much appreciated. I fully intend to read up on this stuff but
> getting gnumeric is a bit urgent for me as my business accounts are on
> it.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 11:58 AM, Steven D'Aprano <steve pearwood info>
> wrote:
>         On Mon, Aug 04, 2014 at 11:37:03AM +0100, Steve Greig wrote:
>         
>         > I have been using gnumeric for year on Windows. I just
>         started using Linux
>         > after a long gap and also on a different distro so I am a
>         bit out of my
>         > depth. One of the most important things for me is to have
>         gnumeric. I can't
>         > see it already installed and I cant find Synaptic which I
>         have used a
>         > couple of years ago. I would really appreciate some advice
>         on how to
>         > install gnumeric on my Debian wheezy OS. I have used the
>         command line
>         > before but am very rusty on it.
>         
>         
>         I don't have wheezy here to test, but the following ought to
>         work. If
>         you have sudo on your account:
>         
>         sudo aptitude install -P ~n^gnumeric
>         
>         
>         otherwise su to the root user first:
>         
>         su -
>         aptitude install -P ~n^gnumeric
>         
>         
>         This ought to install the gnumeric application, common files,
>         documentation, and standard plugins. If you prefer to manually
>         choose
>         which to install:
>         
>         aptitude search gnumeric
>         aptitude install [name of package from above]
>         
>         (remember to use sudo or su as needed).
>         
>         
>         
>         
>         --
>         Steven
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