On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 8:50 AM, Aere Greenway <[email protected]>wrote:
> On 07/16/2013 09:44 PM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote: > >> Menu > System > Synaptic >> and Just type the name of the application as it appears on the Menu and >> you are done :) >> If it is installed, a green box will be shown next to the name. If it is >> not installed, the check box will be blank. Easy as pie :) >> >> Ali: > > I like that. It's easy, and it doesn't depend on me remembering any > obscure commands months later when the need to identify a package happens > again. > Yes, I guess it is easy and you do not need to remember the package name, etc. You can add/remove without knowing the package name or remember it. Write the description of a package and Synaptic will give you a list of the packages that match your entry. I have no idea why Ubuntu has removed Synaptic by default, it is very handy tool :) Luckily, Lubuntu still has it by default. > Thanks! That is the method I will use in the future, along with > displaying the properties of the menu entry. > > You most welcome :) > Regardless what method I choose to use, I am amazed at the variety of > solutions to this problem offered by so many people on this e-mail list, > and the clever ways people have used to solve this problem. > Aere, there is a reason why I keep this in my signature :D "All of us are smarter than any one of us." Many thanks to all of you who have offered solutions! > > -- > Sincerely, > Aere > > Anytime :) -- "All of us are smarter than any one of us." *Best Regards,* *amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad/>* *Start Ubuntu<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/CommunicationsTeam/WOWLubuntu/StartUbuntu> * *My Own Business <http://alilinx.blogspot.com/>*
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