On 15 May 2013 17:38, surfer <pmul...@gofast.co.uk> wrote: > On Wed, 2013-05-15 at 17:30 +0100, Liam Proven wrote: >> On 15 May 2013 17:20, Rowan Berkeley <rowan.berke...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Actually, you can't get Synaptic via the Software Center. I'm sure Patrick >> > tried that before posting. Indeed, we all tried it, and the absence of >> > Synaptic from the Software Center has occasioned a lot of unfavourable >> > comment. But of course you can get it with the terminal. >> >> You can't? >> >> I mean, I never use the S/W Centre myself, but reading that, I just >> opened it and typed in "Synaptic" and there it was. I didn't even have >> to click on the "technical items" link at the bottom (or whatever it's >> called.) >> >> Now, I already have it installed, but it was there, with a full >> description and a star rating and so on. 5 stars, 266 votes. That >> implies to me that lots of people have seen it and rated it. >> > Thank you for your contribution. However, for some reason it does not > seem to appear in my version of the Software Centre and I find that > strange as I have two separate desktops. > > More to the point I cannot find much of interest in either of my > Software Centres, only toys - certainly nothing to do with either java > development or Postgresql.
When you open it does it say Software Center at the top? You haven't selected one of the categories down the left hand side have you? Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
