so, the issue here seems to be that there are 2 packages that are easily
confused in Software Center.
The first is gnome-control-center, which is the "System Settings"
application that is installed by default, and shows up in the Dash, but
is listed in Software center with the title of "utilities to configure
the GNOME desktop"
the second is systemsettings, which is NOT installed by default, but is
listed in software-center with the *same name and icon* as gnome-
control-center has in the dash (but not in software-center).
IIRC, this is a big usability problem, and frankly confused me quite
badly before i read the version details in software center.
My opinion is that the right fix for this issue is to have gnome-
control-center more closely resemble it's installed appearance in
software-center (suggest changed title and icon to match those used in
Dash). This would then lead to 3(!) results for "System Settings" search
term, but at least the most likely candidate would be returned in the
results.
** Also affects: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/978118
Title:
system settings installation ambiguous
Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu:
New
Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
Looking at software center page, it seems that neither System
Settings nor KDE System Settings is installed, while, as you can see
from my screen shot I have System Settings installed in my system (by
default). If I install System Settings (NOT KDE System Settings) using
s/w center, when the installation ends I see both System Settings
installed.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: software-center 5.1.14.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-22.35-generic-pae 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-22-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.314
Date: Tue Apr 10 17:17:55 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/software-center
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
LiveMediaBuild: Edubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120410)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: software-center
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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