ubuntu package management question

[Robert Heller]

At Fri, 11 Dec 2020 16:03:50 +0100 "Ubuntu user technical support,  not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

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> On Fri, 11 Dec 2020 at 15:46, Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:
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> > If one wants to install some program or library and knows the name of the
> > program or library how does one find out what the *package name* is?
> 
> Personally my go-to tool is Synaptic. Yes, GUI app, I'm a weenie etc.

I *hate* GUI package management tools. I generally avoid GUI apps, except 
those that "make sense" as GUI apps (like gimp or CAD programs).

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