Last night I needed to modify one of my partitions from inside Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex (8.10). I quickly realized that the familiar Partition Editor was nowhere to be found. I was quite stumped and looked through all the menus and didn’t find it. There is a simple reason for why I didn’t find it, it’s no longer installed by default on newer Ubuntu releases.
Fortunately, adding the Partition Editor, its true name is GParted, is extremely easy with package management.
- Load Synaptic (System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager)
- Type gparted inside the Quick search box and click the Search button
- Right-click the Package named “gparted” and select “Mark for Installation”
- Click the Apply button toward the top of the window
- Wait for the package to install
Now that GParted is installed, you can access it via System > Administration > Partition Editor.
Happy partitioning.
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IIRC, gparted is installed on the LiveCD and uninstalled during the system install. I’ve haven’t tried 8.10 yet, though.
This seems to be the case sharkbait. It’s available if you run it Live but not when installed.
My best guess is that they feel that most users won’t need to make use of it after installing, so not having it in the install will help prevent issues if people use it out of curiosity and mess something up. Whereas people who need to use it can add it easily.
That said, managing partitions is definitely easier when running Live since all partitions can be unmounted and therefore modifiable.