Kudos for you Matthew. Fonts are a package category which need a GUI
to show some preview images.
On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 5:01 AM, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:
> Colin Law wrote on 26/08/17 18:21:
>>…
>> OK, I see where you are coming from. It never occurred to me that
>> anyone wanting to install
Colin Law wrote on 26/08/17 18:21:
>…
> OK, I see where you are coming from. It never occurred to me that
> anyone wanting to install libgtk2.0-dev, or similar, would want to use
> a GUI. I assumed everyone used apt for that. Obviously I am wrong.
>…
Fonts are a clear example of packages that are
Thank you, Ralf!
> To see into what packages software from upstream is
>split https://tracker.debian.org/ is helpful. Helpful
>is https://packages.ubuntu.com/ in combination with Google.
I'm very familiar with this sites and console utilities - apt-get,
apt-cache, aptitude, dpkg, apt-file (searche
On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 11:42 AM, Nrbrtx wrote:
> I discovered another great tool - Muon Package Manager. It really rocks.
> I'll try to use it as Synaptic replacement.
Please also try gnome-packagekit. (It installs an app named Packages).
One more issue with Synaptic is that it does not work on
>OK, I see where you are coming from. It never occurred to me that
>anyone wanting to install libgtk2.0-dev, or similar, would want to use
>a GUI. I assumed everyone used apt for that. Obviously I am wrong.
lol :)
In other words gnome-software is not a good alternative for
software-center. It's a
IMHO gnome-software is too simplified and stupid as all modern GNOME.
No options (except of shortcut to software-properties-gtk), no advanced
search.
I will not use it. 63% of 88 reviews are negative.
> It has exactly the same set of s/w available as Synaptic does.
False.
Let's assume that we need
Thank you for reply, Matthew!
I discovered another great tool - Muon Package Manager. It really rocks.
I'll try to use it as Synaptic replacement.
But please take care about aforementioned bugs. I list them again:
bug 1612948: axi-cache conversion to python3 broke the script (12 users
affected) <
Nrbrtx wrote on 24/08/17 01:33:
>…
> As far I can understand here were two methods of software
> installation:
> 1. apt (apt-get), dpkg, aptitude - for advanced users
> 2. synaptic and Ubuntu software-center - for newbies.
Synaptic is fine for what it is, but it is not even close to being “for
new
Dear Ubuntu developers!
I'm using Debian since 3.1 and using Ubuntu since 6.06.
So let me write about installing programs.
As far I can understand here were two methods of software installation:
1. apt (apt-get), dpkg, aptitude - for advanced users
2. synaptic and Ubuntu software-center - for new
