Ok, testing in Ubuntu MATE 18.04. Updated to version 0.5.2ubuntu14.2 from bionic-proposed.
$ UPDATE_MANAGER_FORCE_BACKEND_SYNAPTIC=1 apturl apt://gnome-calculator All good, the package is installed successfully. ** Tags removed: verification-needed verification-needed-bionic ** Tags added: verification-done verification-done-bionic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1338482 Title: Synaptic backend doesn't work in apturl To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apturl/+bug/1338482/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs