Use Case: Today, I discovered "auovia" in gnome-software: http://neartalk.com/ss/2016-05-16_002_1200x1011.png
Before installing it, I'd like to take note of its package name. Since gnome-software doesn't provide that information, I attempted to find it myself: user@pc:~$ sudo apt-get install audovia [sudo] password for user: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package audovia user@pc:~$ apt-cache search audovia user@pc:~$ apt-cache search "audovia" As you can see, none of these efforts returned the package-name. I shouldn't have to do a google search to discover what package gnome-software will be installing onto my computer when I click the "Install" button. This information should be in the "Details" sections shown here: http://neartalk.com/ss/2016-05-16_002_1200x1011.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1568056 Title: Official Package-Names Not Shown in Gnome-Software Status in gnome-software package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: The names of a packages (as you would type them when installing via a command prompt) are not indicated in gnome-software. Even when I use gnome-software to locate a package, I still want to know the package's official Ubuntu name, because I usually want to add that package-name to an command install list (sudo apt-get install package1 package2 package3), so that I can install all my packages at once the next time I do a fresh install. That fact that gnome-software can locate packages for me is great. The fact that it doesn't reveal the official name of the packages is lacking (for me). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: gnome-software 3.20.1~git20160331.78d1aab-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-17.33-generic 4.4.6 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-17-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Fri Apr 8 12:18:43 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-03-14 (25 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20160307) SourcePackage: gnome-software UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/+bug/1568056/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
