Unconfirming, the Synaptic menu entry is present on my up to date Feisty system under System > Administration.
Check if you have a file ~/.local/share/applications/synaptic.desktop, removing it should solve your problem. -- Synaptic missing from main menu https://launchpad.net/bugs/93279 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs