Public bug reported: Steps to reproduce: 1. Install Ubuntu 25.04 2. Install Synaptic and by apt-xapian-index, update xapian index 3. Open Synaptic, try to find "Quick filter" on the toolbar
Expected results: * Quick filter is shown on the toolbar (see screenshot from Debian 12 for reference) Actual results: * Quick filter is not shown on the toolbar --- Additional info: By itself apt-xapian-index is functional - see below console output: ``` $ sudo update-apt-xapian-index Reading en translations from /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_plucky_multiverse_i18n_Translation-en: done. Reading en translations from /var/lib/apt/lists/ppa.launchpad.net_nrbrtx_wnck_ubuntu_dists_jammy_main_i18n_Translation-en: done. Reading en translations from /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_plucky_restricted_i18n_Translation-en: done. Reading en translations from /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_plucky_universe_i18n_Translation-en: done. Reading en translations from /var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_plucky_main_i18n_Translation-en: done. Rebuilding Xapian index: done. $ axi-cache search xapian 16 results found. Results 1-16: 100% xapian-doc - Core Xapian documentation 96% xapian-examples - Xapian simple example programs 93% ruby-xapian - Xapian search engine interface for Ruby 93% xapian-tools - Basic tools for Xapian search engine library 92% python3-xapian - Xapian search engine interface for Python3 91% libsearch-xapian-perl - Perl bindings for the Xapian search library 91% python3-xapian-haystack - Xapian backend for Django-Haystack (Python3 version) 89% dovecot-fts-xapian - full-text search for dovecot using xapian 86% apt-xapian-index - maintenance and search tools for a Xapian index of Debian packages 81% xapian-omega - CGI search interface and indexers using Xapian 74% libkpim6akonadisearchxapian6 - Akonadi search xapian library 73% libxapian-java - Xapian search engine interface for Java 71% libxapian-java-doc - Xapian search engine interface for Java (documentation) 71% tclxapian - Xapian search engine interface for Tcl 69% libxapian-dev - Development files for Xapian search engine library 69% libxapian-jni - Xapian search engine interface for Java (JNI library) More terms: search libxapian engine interface libkpim6akonadisearchxapian6 tclxapian haystack More tags: ``` So technically the situation is better than on Debian 13 (trixie). On Debian 13 the apt-xapian-index was removed due to bug https://bugs.debian.org/1100760 . Synaptic does not have "Quick filter" on Debian due to bug https://bugs.debian.org/1103351 . I'm using Synaptic with apt-xapian-index for about 15+ years. On my systems I usually do the following ``` sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install synaptic apt-xapian-index sudo update-apt-xapian-index ``` to get fully functional Synaptic. On the latest Ubuntu 25.04 the above commands do not enable "Quick filter" in the Synaptic toolbar. Currently Synaptic is still the most powerful and lightweight GUI application for package management. Without apt-xapian-index it will loose the essential part of its functionality. Please patch Synaptic to allow getting info from apt-xapian-index as it was before. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 25.04 Package: synaptic 0.91.5+nmu2build1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.14.0-15.15-generic 6.14.0 Uname: Linux 6.14.0-15-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.32.0-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: pass CurrentDesktop: MATE Date: Fri Apr 18 08:18:56 2025 InstallationDate: Installed on 2025-04-17 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 25.04 "Plucky Puffin" - Release amd64 (20250415.2) ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 PATH=(custom, no user) SHELL=/bin/bash TERM=xterm-256color XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> SourcePackage: synaptic UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) modified.conffile..etc.default.apport: [modified] mtime.conffile..etc.default.apport: 2025-04-17T23:54:00.532592 ** Affects: synaptic (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug plucky ** Attachment added: "Quick filter in Debian 12" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2107614/+attachment/5872619/+files/bookworm-synaptic.png ** Summary changed: - ynaptic does not have Quick filter search field despite apt-xapian-index is installed and functional + Synaptic does not have Quick filter search field despite apt-xapian-index is installed and functional -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2107614 Title: Synaptic does not have Quick filter search field despite apt-xapian- index is installed and functional To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/synaptic/+bug/2107614/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
