mx-package-manager (new MX app)

[tascoast]

I do like the ability to upgrade individual packages easily. I wanted to do this in Synaptic the other day, skipping the VB packages to save on ISP data. I didn't see an obvious way to do that with Synaptic in the end.

I can also see all my installed applications, which is handy. I should learn how to manually export such a list for reference and re-installation in the future.

[skidoo]

individual packages easily [..] I didn't see an obvious way to do that with Synaptic

bottom-left, click to filter based on package status and select "upgradable" as the filter.
In the list displayed, you can right-click any line and toggle "mark for upgrade" for that line item.
From there, you can immediately click "Apply" button, or mark additional lines.
Shift-click selects a range of lines, in case you want to mark several selected in one operation.

ps:
if you visit synaptic preferences and set a color for various status(es), it will be immediately obvious which packages are upgradable, without the need to use the filter-by status buttons.

[Gordon Cooper]

@ skidoo. Thank you. Had not thought of setting colors, a good scheme. Also, statuses is correct according to Webster, although as status originates from the Latin, statii could be accepted in some places. Then again, some experts say that status does not need a plural.

[Adrian]

Just a short update about plans, I sent this to translation, once is done I will push it as an update to mx-packageinstaller (and it will remove mx-test-repo-installer, mx-debian-backports-installer and also remove this mx-package-manger because it won't get updates, only mx-packageinstaller will.

[tascoast]

Just a short update about plans, I sent this to translation, once is done I will push it as an update to mx-packageinstaller (and it will remove mx-test-repo-installer, mx-debian-backports-installer and also remove this mx-package-manger because it won't get updates, only mx-packageinstaller will.

Sounds nice and tidy for our end, thank you kindly.

[Gordon Cooper]

Just a short update about plans, I sent this to translation, once is done I will push it as an update to mx-packageinstaller (and it will remove mx-test-repo-installer, mx-debian-backports-installer and also remove this mx-package-manger because it won't get updates, only mx-packageinstaller will.

Makes a lot of sense, thanks Adrian. Will be documented next User Manual update.

[cyrilus31]

Whenever I try to install the package I can't find it (regardless of the mirror) and Gdebi is broken
I need to find a solution before I can try package-manager...

Edit : when I launched Gdebi through CLI it worked and then I could manually install mx-package-manager

Edit2 : I don't know if it is worth to mention it but I had mx15 main non-free source disabled. Everything has return to normal now

[WarhawkCZ]

Pardon my ignorance if I post in the wrong thread. However, I could not find any dedicated section for MX tools only (maybe an idea :lipsrsealed: ). I am very new to linux but I think I get the concept of packages and repositories very well. I've been just playing with the MX Test Repo when upgrading xfce4 packages. I did not like it and started downgrading relevant packages back to the stable version using synaptics. I started with the least significant one.

The issue:
- MX Package Installer now shows that there is a newer version in the Stable Repo even though there is not. See the example below. The last version of xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin in the stable repo is 0.2.4-1. Could someone please confirm that this is a glitch in the GUI?





PS: Refreshing the list does not help. Maybe purging apt will help?

[fehlix]

...
- MX Package Installer now shows that there is a newer version in the Stable Repo even though there is not. See the example below. The last version of xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin in the stable repo is 0.2.4-1. Could someone please confirm that this is a glitch in the GUI?
...
PS: Refreshing the list does not help. Maybe purging apt will help?

Please post the output of this command

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inxi -Fxzr

between the code-tags [code] here [/code]

[WarhawkCZ]

Here it is:

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System:    Host: ThinkPadt430 Kernel: 4.15.0-1-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 6.3.0 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3 Distro: MX-17.1_x64 Horizon March 14  2018 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch) 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 2349D53 v: ThinkPad T430 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: LENOVO model: 2349D53 serial: <filter> UEFI [Legacy]: LENOVO 
           v: G1ET91WW (2.51 ) date: 01/09/2013 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 55.6 Wh condition: 56.1/56.2 Wh (100%) model: LGC 45N1005 
           status: Unknown 
CPU:       Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i7-3520M bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ivy Bridge 
           rev: 9 L2 cache: 4096 KiB 
           flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 23147 
           Speed: 1199 MHz min/max: 1200/3600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1198 2: 1377 3: 1371 
           4: 1205 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics driver: i915 v: kernel 
           bus ID: 00:02.0 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.2 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
           resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz, 1920x1080~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Ivybridge Mobile v: 3.3 Mesa 13.0.6 
           direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel 
           v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.15.0-1-amd64 
Network:   Device-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k port: 5080 
           bus ID: 00:19.0 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus ID: 03:00.0 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
           IF-ID-1: wwan0 state: down mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 232.89 GiB used: 11.86 GiB (5.1%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 250GB size: 232.89 GiB 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 226.23 GiB used: 11.78 GiB (5.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 2.00 GiB used: 81.5 MiB (4.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 48.0 C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 3610 
Repos:     Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/antix.list 
           1: deb http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/mxlinux/packages/antix/stretch/ stretch main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ stretch-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://security.debian.org/ stretch/updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/mxlinux/packages/mx/repo/ stretch main non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/skype-stable.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.skype.com/deb stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teamviewer.list 
           1: deb http://linux.teamviewer.com/deb stable main
           2: deb http://linux.teamviewer.com/deb preview main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/thinkpads.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://thinkpads.org/repo/apt/ /
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vivaldi.list 
           1: deb http://repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb/ stable main
Info:      Processes: 218 Uptime: 1h 20m Memory: 3.56 GiB used: 1.44 GiB (40.5%) Init: SysVinit 
           runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 6.3.0 Shell: bash v: 4.4.12 inxi: 3.0.24