@Carl Fletcher: the 'Alpha' is from the InstallationMedia string, which doesn't tell you what version the user is running when the bug is reported.
@Charles Ford: please run the following command in the terminal to gather more information: gksu synaptic ** Changed in: synaptic (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1156453 Title: Synaptic crashes after checking a few packages to install To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/synaptic/+bug/1156453/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs