<div dir="ltr">Hi,<br><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 22 October 2016 at 16:38, Mark F <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:azdays15@gmail.com" target="_blank">azdays15@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote: <br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div></div><div>I have used apt-get a lot. If I know what I need to install, I do it that way. But, when looking for things to install, I like a "software center" which narrows the choices. The Synaptic package manager is nice as a UI to the command line. But, it shows a lot of stuff you're not normally interested in. (Searching for GIMP produces a lot of output to wade through when all you want is GIMP.).<br></div></div></blockquote><br>I might have a solution to that problem. Start Synaptic Package Manager (SPM), click on "Search". On the resulting dialogue box (marked "Find"), there should be an option labelled "Look in", probably with the value "Description and Name". Click on it and select "Name". Doing that on my system for GIMP generates 37 results instead of 122. <br></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">HTH,<br><br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Ian<br clear="all"></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>-- ACCU - Professionalism in programming - <a href="http://www.accu.org" target="_blank">http://www.accu.org</a><br></div>-- My writing - <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/ianbruntlett/" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/site/ianbruntlett/</a><br><div>-- Free Software page - <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/ianbruntlett/home/free-software" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/site/ianbruntlett/home/free-software</a><br></div><br> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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