[NTLUG:Discuss] Fw: The in's & outs of synaptic packsge manager

[Stuart Johnston]

Allen Meyers wrote:
> I received no replies from my previous post except 
> the one stating what I said was Greek to him so let me be more to the 
> point.
> When one searches SPM (that is the acronym for 
> package manager not Greek) for lets say KDE desktop on can preview the short 
> description, but is not quite sure this will give him the entire capability he 
> desires i.e, its dependencies as well..
> One sees green boxes with red arrows which I assume 
> indicates installed and one sees white boxes with red arrows (which indicate 
> what)?

Help -> Icon Legend will explain the boxes and arrows.