Utilities apparently missing from Ubuntu15.10

[Colin Law]

On 31 October 2015 at 06:55, Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I have just installed UbuntuMATE 15.04 amd64 version, to replace
> Ubuntu.10.04 on a computer upon which I had been running Debian 6, so
> as to have the latest software, whilst retaining the interface.
>
> Having just got the UbuntuMATE 15.10 installation set up and running,
> I can not find the Software Centre utility, or Synaptic, for finding
> and adding available software.
>
> Are these utilities still available?
>
> If so, why is the Software Centre not included in the installation iso CD image?

This might be of interest
https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-and-ubuntu-software-center/

Colin