Re: [gNewSense-users] installing packages

[Nicolas Hussein]

Hi,

Instead of Firefox, you can use IceCat :

http://wiki.gnewsense.org/Documentation/IceCat

It's the same software, but 100 % free.

Nicolas

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> Hi
>
> Finally i installed GNewSense in my laptop
>
> 1. version 2.3 does not have the option "Guided resize partition",
> so when one uses the "Guided use entire disk", everything is gone,
> i think the "guided resize partition" should be kept
>
> 2. Epiphany does not perform verywell, some pages are not well displayed
> and it is not possible to read them, then i need to install Firefox,
> i tried dowloading the package and extracting the compressed files,
> instructions say i just have to run the firefox file, but i haven't found
> how.
> I also tried with the "Gestor de paquetes synaptic" (i'm trying to do
> everything in spanish)
> but the link to the dowloadable file seems not to be working
> I have not found specific directions on these
>
> 3. i also need to install packages like R and Maxima
> and i did that using the "synaptic packages manager"
> (i think this is the translation for "Gestor de paquetes synaptic")
> and R and Maxima are reported as correctly installed
> but i can't get them to work properly, that is to say,
> i want the maxima icon to be in my desk and i need
> the wxMaxima to work, i assume that once i can do this
> i will also be able to manage R properly
>
> 4. i'm thinking about writing a step-by-step guide in spanish
> giving detailed directions to install gnewsense and other packages
> not included in gNewSense
>
> 5. i will appreciate any help, thank you
>
> cheers
>
> Gaspar
>
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