*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 122047 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/122047
There is now a Manually Installed filter under Status in synaptic
(0.62.7ubuntu3 in karmic) so this bug (as I originally filed it) is
fixed. The changelog alerted me to bug #122047 which this bug is really
a
I'm quite sure this bug would be more appropriate to link against apt. If you
disagree, please change it back to synaptic.
The problem is that apt marks dependencies (and recommends) when installing
metapackages as automatically installed: no. I belive this is because you
should be able to
This would be a very useful feature. Without this, it is just about
impossible to find and remove all the packages I don't need.
The filter should only display packages that are manually installed, and
not a dependency of another package.
--
add Manual Install filter to synaptic
