On Wed, Dec 28, 2022 at 09:05:18AM -0600, Kent West wrote: > On Wed, Dec 28, 2022 at 8:58 AM Kent West <we...@acu.edu> wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Dec 28, 2022 at 8:33 AM Kent West <we...@acu.edu> wrote: > > > >> I just installed 11.6 (Bullseye) on a VM. Before I start using it for its > >> intended purpose, I thought I'd take the opportunity to experience a new > >> install as a new user, just to see what they might experience. > >> > >> When given the choice of what software to install, I unselected Gnome and > >> selected Cinnamon, and left the others at their defaults (blank except for > >> first (desktop) and last (standard tools) options). > >> > >> When I booted into Cinnamon, I found the "Software" GUI. I can run > >> "Aptitude" all day long, but the GUIs I've tended to leave alone. > >>
I wonder if you also unselected Debian desktop when you unselected Gnome - that might also pull in some Gnome software if you did not. > >> So here's my question. When in this "Software" GUI, I hit the search > >> "magnifying glass" icon in the upper-left corner, and searched for "rust", > >> expecting to find Rust-programming-related items. It only found the one > >> item of "Process Viewer". Even after I enabled "contrib" and "non-free" > >> (didn't think that'd make a difference, but thought I'd try). Are these GUI > >> front-ends for "apt" that broken? Or just this one? Or am I doing something > >> wrong? Software is the generic GNOME GUI app for installing software. It may or may not work on the granularity of Debian packages. > >> > >> Just curious; I can always use "aptitude" to do what I want, but if I was > >> a newbie trying to use this GUI to install "rustc", I'd be at a loss. > >> > >> Thanks! > >> > > > > The Search feature does not even find "aptitude". I'm beginning to think > > this "Software" GUI is something other than a front-end to "apt". > > > > > I found "Synaptic", which seems to be what I thought "Software" was going > to be. Perhaps "Synaptic" is Debian-specific, whereas "Software" is > Cinnamon-specific. Maybe? > Synaptic came from somewhere else originally - maybe Ubuntu?? it was a long time ago, I think. If you can use apt / aptitude / apt-cache search / apt-cache show on a command line or in a terminal, they are likely to give you more information. As ever, your mileage may vary and there's more than one way to do it :) All the very best, as ever, Andy Cater > > -- > Kent West <")))>< > IT Support / Client Support > Abilene Christian University > Westing Peacefully - http://kentwest.blogspot.com
