synaptic
graphical management of software packages
Synopsis
synaptic
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examples
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What's the difference between "Mark for Removal" and "Mark for Complete Removal" in Synaptic Package Manager?
The "complete removal" option will also remove global
configurations files, e.g. in /etc
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How to prevent Ubuntu/Debian users from accessing apt-get or downloading from the web, etc?
I'd say your best bet is to remove the binaries that you don't
want your root user to use (wget, apt-get, etc).
However this can break some system fuctionnalities because some
applications assume you have a functionnal wget, dpkg, etc. And,
well, as long as it's root, and even with no internet connection,
he can insert a cd and recopy the binaries...
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How do I list all packages from unstable / experimental?
Using aptitude you can do:
$ aptitude versions \
> '~VCURRENT (~Aunstable|~Aexperimental) !~Atesting' --group-by=none
This will list all packages whose currently installed version
(~VCURRENT) comes from the unstable or
experimental archives (~A) and are not
present in the testing archive (!~A). The
--group-by=none option serves to produce a more
terse output.
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Kinetic scrolling in Linux and Synaptics
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can i cancel Ubuntu Update-Manager in progress?
The package manager first downloads all packages and then
installs them. As long as it's downloading you can interrupt it
any time without any problems.
Interrupting after the installation started may sometimes break
things and you should avoid this if possible.
Usually starting the update process again will continue fine,
maybe asking you to run some command from the command line. But
you better don't switch off your system before all the updates
are completed.
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Error removing packages in Ubuntu using Synaptic
Generally you'd want to leave packages like xorg-* and
gnome-session alone.
You could probably undo most of the damage by installing the
ubuntu-desktop or
ubuntu-desktop-minimal meta-package.
To simply get a listing of the missing packages without actually
doing anything:
sudo apt-get install -s ubuntu-desktop
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Two finger scroll registering as click event with java apps on Macbook 2,1 running Linux
From my experience disabling Horizontal scrolling fixes the issue
for vertical scrolling. So you can
synclient HorizEdgeScroll=0 HorizTwoFingerScroll=0
to do this at runtime. Or to have it permanently disabled you can
edit
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-synaptics.conf
setting options "HorizEdgeScroll" and
"HorizTwoFingerScroll" to
"off".
By the way, this is not related to particular Java application,
it's the same for all of them (at least I assume so, seeing the
same issue in jEdit, NetBeans and Moneydance). This is also not
MacBook specific. I've had the same issue on my Dell XPS L702x
laptop with Synaptics touchpad. JDK 1.6 and 1.7 versions, OS:
OpenSUSE 12.1 x86_64.
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How to solve the problem of broken package list on Kubuntu?
DO this in a Terminal session:
$ sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/*
$ sudo apt-get update
That will get a fresh copy of all the files in there.
Everything should work fine then.
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My touchpad is unresponsive; is it dying?
Check to make sure that you drivers are up-to-date. If they are,
then uninstall and reinstall the drivers. This may fix
everything. Drivers can get corrupted from time to time.
-Good Luck!
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Compiling my own python has broken system scripts?
This is normal enough that most people who build their own Python
environments use something like virtualenv to manage them. Replacing the
system-provided Perl, Python, or Ruby is almost never a good
idea, and all three languages provide ways for developers to
manage their own private installations (for Perl there is
PerlBrew and for Ruby there's RVM).
description
Synaptic is a
frontend for the apt package managent system. It allows you
to perform all actions of the command line tool apt-get in a
graphical environemnt. This includes installing, upgrading,
downgrading and removing of single packages or even
upgrading your whole system.
A manual with
detailed instructions can be found in the help menu of
Synaptic.
options
Synaptic
accepts all of the standard Gtk+ toolkit command line
options as well as the following:
-f, --filter-file=filename
specify an alternative filter
settings file
-i,
--initial-filter=int
apply the filter with number
int at startup
-o,
--option=option
set an internal option (experts
only)
copyright
Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Conectiva S/A
Copyright (C) 2002-2004 Michael Vogt
There is NO warranty. You may redistribute this software under
the terms of the GNU General Public License. For more information
about these matters, see the files named COPYING.
authors
Synaptic was
originally developed by Alfredo K. Kojima
<kojima[:at:]conectiva.com[:dot:]br>. His last official release
was 0.16. Michael Vogt <mvo[:at:]debian[:dot:]org> took over his
CVS version, that already included a nearly complete port to
Gtk+. Michael completed the port and added new features. See
the NEWS file for the user visible changes from that
point on. Conectiva is still involved in the development of
synaptic. Gustavo Niemeyer <niemeyer[:at:]conectiva[:dot:]com> is
doing a great deal of work.
All development
is done at http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/synaptic
This manual
page was originally written by Wybo Dekker
<wybo[:at:]servalys[:dot:]nl> and Michael Vogt
<mvo[:at:]debian[:dot:]org> and modified by Sebastian Heinlein
<sebastian.heinlein[:at:]campus.lmu[:dot:]de>.