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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 02/17/2014 04:15 PM, Benjamin
Shadwick wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 11:39 AM,
Peter Flynn <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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do not understand any problem with Synaptic. I use apt-get
for<br>
single installs or non-repo packages, but Synaptic wins
with the ability<br>
to select multiple packages and have them installed
together, and with a<br>
much easier interface than Software Center.<br>
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My preference is for CLI as well but for the folks I introduce to
Linux via Xubuntu the Software Center is a key comfort point. "You
mean just click and it installs?" type reaction is not uncommon and
very helpful. Later they start learning the more advanced options
like ppd and CLI and work in conjunction with the Software Center.<br>
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<div>I feel the same way.<br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
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missing feature in all package managers is the inability
to list<br>
all packages which you have added/deleted since system
installation<br>
which were NOT part of the system installation.<br>
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This may prove helpful, especially towards the end when the
discussion turn to syncing with Ubuntu One:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://askubuntu.com/questions/17823/how-to-list-all-installed-packages">http://askubuntu.com/questions/17823/how-to-list-all-installed-packages</a><br>
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I personally have a hand full of packages which are familiar and
don't take incredibly long to re-enter by hand. Complete rebuild
with all the mods is usually about an hour or so including the
re-mapping of data paths for said programs. At one point I wrote a
script as well but found the subtle changes in distribution tended
to make things not quite right.<br>
A simple text file with my favs listed and then sudo apt-get
[copy/paste file] and I am done.<br>
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FWIW my 2¢<br>
Fred<br>
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