Package: synaptic
Version: 0.81.2
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
The 'Quick filter' (QF) option/method which was available with previous
versions of Synaptic is not available with the current version. This is a major
inconvenience. With the previous version it was simple, quick and efficient to
check the status (Installed/Not installed) of specific packages. For example,
to check for the installed list of GTK packages, gtk was entered in the in the
QF text box and selecting Status/'Installed' showed all the gtk package(s)
installed (not all Installed and Not Installed) on the system.
Search doesn't work for this type of check. Searching for gtk shows both (thus
all) installed and not-installed gtk packages; I simple want to know what gtk
packages are INSTALLED not those 'Not installed'. On my system, using Search, I
would have to scroll through 1507 packages to see those Installed.
Yes, I can create a custom search filter (Settings/Filters/Search Filter)
setting only the Installed option, but this method is inefficient and
inconvenient, initially requiring a LOT (14 - 20) of steps:
1. - click Settings
2. - click Filters
3. - click Search Filters
4. - click Deselect All for Status column
5. - click Installed check box under Current heading
6. - click Properties column heading
+- create first filter criteria:
7. -- (maybe) click first drop-down:
8. ---- (maybe) select Package Name
9. -- (maybe) click second drop-down:
10 ---- (maybe) select Includes
11. -- click third field and enter text gtk
+- create second filter criteria:
12. -- click New
13. -- click first drop-down:
14. ---- select Description
15. -- (maybe) click second drop-down:
16. ---- (maybe) select Includes
17. -- click third field and enter text gtk
18 - click OK (returned to Package Manager Window)
19 - click Custom Filters
20. - click Search Filter
QF required 1-3 steps:
1. - enter text gtk in QF text box
2. - (maybe) click Status
3. - (maybe( click Installed
And, of course I can use aptitude search piped into multiple grep statements:
aptitude search ~i ~dgtk gtk | grep -e 'gtk' | grep -v '^p ' | grep -v '^v
'
The QF option/method is much simpler, efficient, quicker and much more
convenient. And if I want to QF for other packages I simple enter text in the
QF text box; probably 1 step – enter text in QF text box - in the same
session. But to 'Search filter' for some other installed package(s), 7 (if some
criteria already set) to 20 steps yet again - VERY inconvenient/inefficient vs
QF method!!!
While having the option of creating filters is nice and powerful, most of the
time the QF is all that is needed.
Please provide/offer the Quick Filter again.
Thank You.
Debian user since Debian 4
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.5
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages synaptic depends on:
ii hicolor-icon-theme 0.13-1
ii libapt-inst1.5 1.0.9.8.3
ii libapt-pkg4.12 1.0.9.8.3
ii libatk1.0-0 2.14.0-1
ii libc6 2.19-18+deb8u4
ii libcairo-gobject2 1.14.0-2.1+deb8u1
ii libcairo2 1.14.0-2.1+deb8u1
ii libept1.4.12 1.0.12.1
ii libgcc1 1:4.9.2-10
ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.31.1-2+deb8u5
ii libglib2.0-0 2.42.1-1+b1
ii libgtk-3-0 3.14.5-1+deb8u1
ii libpango-1.0-0 1.36.8-3
ii libpangocairo-1.0-0 1.36.8-3
ii libstdc++6 4.9.2-10
ii libvte-2.90-9 1:0.36.3-1
ii libx11-6 2:1.6.2-3
ii libxapian22 1.2.19-1+deb8u1
ii libxext6 2:1.3.3-1
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2+b1
Versions of packages synaptic recommends:
ii libgtk2-perl 2:1.2492-4
ii policykit-1 0.105-8
ii rarian-compat 0.8.1-6
Versions of packages synaptic suggests:
pn apt-xapian-index <none>
pn deborphan <none>
pn dwww <none>
pn menu <none>
pn software-properties-gtk <none>
ii tasksel 3.31+deb8u1
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