How do you remove individual packages from the list in synaptic package manager?

Question

I would like to be able to remove references to a particular, individual package in a repository.

If I do not want install something it would be nice to speed up apt-get update(by skipping those) and have a cleaner synaptic screen.

Answer 1

If I understand you correctly, I don't believe that you can remove entries, or prevent them from showing up in Synaptic Package Manager without removing or disabling your repositories.

However, you can create custom filters based on a variety of criteria:

1. Start the Synaptic package manager
2. From the menu, Select Settings, then the Filter sub-menu. From here, you can create a customized filter to include (or exclude) specific package from appearing in Synaptic.

3. Create a new filter (and name it accordingly).

   

4. Define your filter(s) based on three criteria:

   • Status of package

     • Not-installed would be the only box checked in your case.

   • Section

     • This tab allows for applying greater granularity to the filter. Say, if you didn't want to see any un-installed packages only from the Graphics category, for example.

   • Properties

     • Pattern matching can be specified to include/exclude a specific character sequence.

5. Return to the main Synaptic window and click the Custom Filters button and then select your newly named filter.