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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
* How to get the search box back: https://askubuntu.com/questions/763857/how-to-get-quick-filter-back-in-synaptic-ubuntu-16-04 | * How to get the search box back: https://askubuntu.com/questions/763857/how-to-get-quick-filter-back-in-synaptic-ubuntu-16-04 | ||
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| + | Basically: | ||
| + | <syntaxhighlight lang=bash> | ||
| + | sudo apt-get install apt-xapian-index | ||
| + | sudo update-apt-xapian-index -vf | ||
| + | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
| + | If that doesn't work, you can try: | ||
| + | <syntaxhighlight lang=bash> | ||
| + | sudo apt-get install --reinstall synaptic | ||
| + | sudo dpkg-reconfigure synaptic | ||
| + | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
| + | ==Ubuntu 25.04== | ||
| + | The xapian search functionality is broken in Ubuntu 25.04 (including [[Ubuntu-MATE]] and [[Kubuntu]]), but there is a quick workaround [https://github.com/mvo5/synaptic/issues/148 posted on GitHub]. | ||
Latest revision as of 00:28, 21 June 2025
Notes
- How to get the search box back: https://askubuntu.com/questions/763857/how-to-get-quick-filter-back-in-synaptic-ubuntu-16-04
Basically:
sudo apt-get install apt-xapian-index
sudo update-apt-xapian-index -vf
If that doesn't work, you can try:
sudo apt-get install --reinstall synaptic
sudo dpkg-reconfigure synaptic
Ubuntu 25.04
The xapian search functionality is broken in Ubuntu 25.04 (including Ubuntu-MATE and Kubuntu), but there is a quick workaround posted on GitHub.