Quoting Brian May (brian@linuxpenguins.xyz):
There are multiple GUIs out there, you haven't said which one you are using.
Indeed, since he could be using KPackageKit, or kpackage, or synaptic, or Apper, or update-manager, or aptitude (ncurses full-screen mode), or who knows what-all, and since every single deb-based system has apt-get and it always works the same, _and_ since I'm unlikely to install something non-standard just to be able to help Peter Ross, I suggested the tool that's always available and always does the job. -- Cheers, "If you ever drop your keys into a river of molten lava, Rick Moen let 'em go, because, man, they're gone." rick@linuxmafia.com -- Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey McQ! (4x80)