DdB wrote: > Am 17.06.2023 um 14:38 schrieb Greg Wooledge: >> On Fri, Jun 16, 2023 at 11:03:59PM -0400, pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote: >>> Why isn't there a ONE WAY for packages to be managed? >> >> Because each user has a different preference. Just read this thread >> for example, and see all the differing opinions about how we like >> our packages to be managed. >> >> > Back in the days, i have been using synaptic myself. And after reading > this thread, i was curious about its appearance today. Thus, in my > virtualised buster install, i did log out of wayland and logged in as > "system X11 default" (under the wheel on login screen). Then, i was able > to install synaptic and use it, although the gnome-software mentionned > its source being debian-old-oldstable-main. > > I seem to have left it behind since stretch, when i moved to commandline > tools instead. When things got really hairy, i recall having used > aptitude on few occasions, but only after thorough experimentation in > virtualized world, before applying the steps on bare metal. > > But since most of you are on bullseye, with a huge crowd even already > landing in bookworm, this report from an outdated software will most > certainly be neglected. FWIW, i chose to let you know anyway.
i haven't tried to use it in several years. the thing i did like to use it for was as an interface to documentation, descriptions of packages and the sections of packages (usually once in a while scanning games to see if there was anything new i'd want to try). once they started making it more difficult to run (various root and permissions games) i decided to stop jumping through those hoops and found out what i wanted via the command line. songbird
