Synaptic Package Manager provides you with a central list of all known packages. This includes packages that are available, installed or even broken. Because the most distributions contain many thousands packages, you can narrow down the list of shown packages. The following methods allow you to browse through the list of known packages:
To find a specific package follow these steps:
Open the find dialog:
Press the key combination Ctrl-f.
Click on Find in the toolbar.
Choose
-> from the menu.
Enter the search expression into the Find field. E.g. "music player" if you want to search for music player.
Select the fields in which to look.
Click on Find to start the search. This can take some time on low machines and wide search criteria.
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To only show matching packages in the package list perform the following steps:
Open the search dialog Ctrl-F.
-> from the menu or pressType the search expression into the find field, e.g. "mp3 ogg player".
Select the fields that you want to search in, e.g. "name" and "description"
Click on
to start the search. In our example only music players and related packages will be listed.
You can create more complex filters with the filter editor.