Ubuntu 11.10 where is synaptic

You'd think things would be moving in the direction of user-friendliness with new versions of Ubuntu, but using Ubuntu Software Center in Why not just use Ubuntu It you really want something up to date then use Windows 8 as a platform and try and stick to open source applications although the operating system itself is proprietary. A good craftsman has a variety of tools and selects the most appropriate tool for the job. It does not do the open source cause any good to be take a fundementalist approach to the operating system.

Reading package lists… DoneBuilding dependency tree Reading state information… DonePackage synaptic is not available, but is referred to by another package. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.

Skip to content Ubuntu Synaptic Package Manager — One of the most popular tools in Ubuntu Starx Starx 4, 13 13 gold badges 30 30 silver badges 40 40 bronze badges. I do know it can be download and installed. Please avoid this comment. Not only was it useful, but it didn't try to advertise books and whatnot while I am just trying to install a piece of software. Add a comment.

Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Synaptic was a great peace of software, USC is a pain. I know about the command, didn't you read my comment. For 2 main reasons: Software Center was going to replace it. In my case I also use aptitude so doing something like this will give you aptitude and synaptic : sudo apt-get install synaptic aptitude Of course I udnerstand why you would want Synaptic. Luis Alvarado Luis Alvarado k gold badges silver badges bronze badges. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google.

Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password. And, you are not even asked to authenticate. Then, it could be possible you may be missing PolicyKit package for your desktop environment. Algorithms defined for Advanced Package Tool apt choose dependencies for installation. Also, all the package files. For instance, if we are looking for a mail client.