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error message when opening synaptic source list line 57
it seems there is a problem in my source list which I cant find;
everytime I try to open synaptic this error appears:
E: Malformed line 57 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist parse)
E: The ...
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Synaptic Package Manager doesn't launch from the Application Menu
My synaptic package manager not launching from application menu but i can launch it from terminal with gksudo synaptic . I have tried several times but from application menu i can't launch it .
The ...
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Between SynPackManager, Update Manager, and apt-get, which is the healthiest for my system?
I've been bouncing a lot between a few different update methods to see which I prefer the most, and I was wondering which of these is the 'healthiest' for the system, or what your preferred update ...
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I cannot install Synaptic Package Manager because of the following error
How do I go around this and install it?
$ sudo apt-get install synaptic
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package synaptic is not ...
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Is there a way to set/change proxy in synaptic package manager from terminal?
I want to change proxy settings of Synaptic package manager from terminal. I see that editing /etc/apt/apt.conf file does not work, i.e., even if I change proxy settings here, or anywhere, Synaptic ...
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What are the “standard Gtk+ toolkit command line options”?
I have a problem with the 'synaptic' application (GUI version of apt), and was hoping to get some debug output from it. The man page however has just a couple of command line options and this very ...
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Command-line equivalences of some tasks in Synaptic
I already use apt-get for most of my package management. Yet, there are times when I occasionally need to use Synaptic to do certain things. I would like to learn the equivalent commands for doing the ...
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How to see size of a package in terminal prior to downloading
When using apt-get install package_name, if there are dependency's that need to be downloaded, terminal outputs names of additional packages and total size, and asks for confirmation before ...
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Can I get application changelogs using the terminal?
In order to look at changelogs for recently updated applications, I use Synaptic. Is there a way for me to get specific application changelogs using the terminal?
