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Basically:
Basically:
<source lang=bash>
<syntaxhighlight lang=bash>
sudo apt-get install apt-xapian-index
sudo apt-get install apt-xapian-index
sudo update-apt-xapian-index -vf
sudo update-apt-xapian-index -vf
# If that doesn't work you can try:
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If that doesn't work, you can try:
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sudo apt-get install --reinstall synaptic
sudo apt-get install --reinstall synaptic
sudo dpkg-reconfigure synaptic
sudo dpkg-reconfigure synaptic
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</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

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.