Synaptic was recently removed from Buster, because of compatibility problems due to Wayland.
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugrepo ... =818366#55
R.I.P Synaptic ?
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dolphin_oracle
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Re: R.I.P Synaptic ?
yep. we will be keeping it for mx19/antiX19 though.
http://www.youtube.com/runwiththedolphin
lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 - MX-23
FYI: mx "test" repo is not the same thing as debian testing repo.
lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 - MX-23
FYI: mx "test" repo is not the same thing as debian testing repo.
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Re: R.I.P Synaptic ?
d_O,
That's a good thing, I use synaptic all the time, it has never failed me in all dependency resolutions and secure updates.
That's a good thing, I use synaptic all the time, it has never failed me in all dependency resolutions and secure updates.
Asus PRIME X470-PRO
AMD Ryzen 3600X (12 threads @ 3.8 GHz)
32 Gig DDR4 3600 (Crucial CL 16)
Nvidia GeForce GT 710
Samsung 970 NVMe nvme0n1 P1-3=MX-23, P4=testing
Samsung 980 NVMe =1TB Data, plus 2TB WD =backups
on-board ethernet & sound
AMD Ryzen 3600X (12 threads @ 3.8 GHz)
32 Gig DDR4 3600 (Crucial CL 16)
Nvidia GeForce GT 710
Samsung 970 NVMe nvme0n1 P1-3=MX-23, P4=testing
Samsung 980 NVMe =1TB Data, plus 2TB WD =backups
on-board ethernet & sound
Re: R.I.P Synaptic ?
I did a brief search and find no alternative GUI based package manager in the works for Buster. I guess if they wanted a simple method to drive Debian Desktop use down they may have struck on a perfect approach. 
Edit: I have found some options. Guess I'll try sysget.
https://www.tecmint.com/sysget-front-en ... -in-linux/
Edit: I have found some options. Guess I'll try sysget.
https://www.tecmint.com/sysget-front-en ... -in-linux/
Last edited by manyroads on Wed Apr 03, 2019 9:17 am, edited 1 time in total.
Pax vobiscum,
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i3wm, bspwm, hlwm, dwm, spectrwm ~ Linux #449130
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." -- H. L. Mencken
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dolphin_oracle
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Re: R.I.P Synaptic ?
I imagine they will use gnome-software for gtk based desktops and Discover for KDE.
http://www.youtube.com/runwiththedolphin
lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 - MX-23
FYI: mx "test" repo is not the same thing as debian testing repo.
lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 - MX-23
FYI: mx "test" repo is not the same thing as debian testing repo.
Re: R.I.P Synaptic ?
For those who might want to try some options.... this article provides ideas:
https://www.tecmint.com/sysget-front-en ... -in-linux/
My Bad.. Ignore this... there's no GUI here. I'm going to dig deeper.
https://www.tecmint.com/sysget-front-en ... -in-linux/
My Bad.. Ignore this... there's no GUI here. I'm going to dig deeper.
Pax vobiscum,
Mark Rabideau - ManyRoads Genealogy -or- eirenicon llc. (geeky stuff)
i3wm, bspwm, hlwm, dwm, spectrwm ~ Linux #449130
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." -- H. L. Mencken
Mark Rabideau - ManyRoads Genealogy -or- eirenicon llc. (geeky stuff)
i3wm, bspwm, hlwm, dwm, spectrwm ~ Linux #449130
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." -- H. L. Mencken
Re: R.I.P Synaptic ?
Real Quick (I tried the following):
Muon (v 5.6) :
Installs and given it is KDE oriented does not load a bunch of extra "junque". Seems fast. Needs theme work for GTK based themes. Ran updates (128MB) on my laptop without any noticeable problems.
Nix:
Download/installed via cli:
Does not seem to work, at least not for me.
Gnome Software
Installs easily. Does not load a lot of Gnome dependencies.
Runs slowly. Seems to hang on my MX laptop with Xfce. Appears not to find the software base.
Duo:
Takes more effort to get operational than I have time for right now. Limited skills and all. See: https://duojs.org/ (scroll down to find the install instructions.
KDE Discover:
Sid deb file has broken dependencies.
Muon (v 5.6) :
Installs and given it is KDE oriented does not load a bunch of extra "junque". Seems fast. Needs theme work for GTK based themes. Ran updates (128MB) on my laptop without any noticeable problems.
Nix:
Download/installed via cli:
Code: Select all
curl https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh Gnome Software
Installs easily. Does not load a lot of Gnome dependencies.
Runs slowly. Seems to hang on my MX laptop with Xfce. Appears not to find the software base.
Duo:
Takes more effort to get operational than I have time for right now. Limited skills and all. See: https://duojs.org/ (scroll down to find the install instructions.
KDE Discover:
Sid deb file has broken dependencies.
Pax vobiscum,
Mark Rabideau - ManyRoads Genealogy -or- eirenicon llc. (geeky stuff)
i3wm, bspwm, hlwm, dwm, spectrwm ~ Linux #449130
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." -- H. L. Mencken
Mark Rabideau - ManyRoads Genealogy -or- eirenicon llc. (geeky stuff)
i3wm, bspwm, hlwm, dwm, spectrwm ~ Linux #449130
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." -- H. L. Mencken
Re: R.I.P Synaptic ?
Hmm, due to incompatibility with Wayland?
Polly wanna cracker? And maybe a chaser ~~ systemdwaylandgnome free KoolAid refills...
antixforum topic: debian kicked synaptic from debian10 buster
Polly wanna cracker? And maybe a chaser ~~ systemdwaylandgnome free KoolAid refills...
antixforum topic: debian kicked synaptic from debian10 buster
Re: R.I.P Synaptic ?
They should dump Wayland, not Synaptic!
Glad MX devs are perfectly sane in their choices :)
Glad MX devs are perfectly sane in their choices :)
Re: R.I.P Synaptic ?
That's a recipe to make Debian worse... this pissed me off to no end, I took at look at gnome-software and I got horrified that that is the future.