On 26 August 2017 at 17:16, Nrbrtx <nrb...@gmail.com> wrote: > IMHO gnome-software is too simplified and stupid as all modern GNOME. > No options (except of shortcut to software-properties-gtk), no advanced > search. > I will not use it. 63% of 88 reviews are negative. > >> It has exactly the same set of s/w available as Synaptic does. > False. > Let's assume that we need to install libgtk2.0-dev from gnome-software. > How to do it? Simple search of libgtk2.0-dev produces no results (note: > software-center finds and installs this package). Any other ideas? > gnome-software is a toy for installing nice games and GUI applications.
OK, I see where you are coming from. It never occurred to me that anyone wanting to install libgtk2.0-dev, or similar, would want to use a GUI. I assumed everyone used apt for that. Obviously I am wrong. Colin > > > I prefer to use MATE DE with Synaptic (which is powerful, but buggy now) or > maybe Muon (from KDE, does not really matter if it works stable). > > > > On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 6:48 PM, Colin Law <clan...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On 24 August 2017 at 01:33, Nrbrtx <nrb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Dear Ubuntu developers! >> > >> > I'm using Debian since 3.1 and using Ubuntu since 6.06. >> > So let me write about installing programs. >> > >> > As far I can understand here were two methods of software installation: >> > 1. apt (apt-get), dpkg, aptitude - for advanced users >> > 2. synaptic and Ubuntu software-center - for newbies. >> > >> > Nowadays gnome-software and mate-welcome were added to the newbies' >> > list. >> > But they have very small lists of software. >> > Ubuntu software-center was great, but its development was dropped. >> >> Ubuntu software has been replaced by gnome-software. It has exactly >> the same set of s/w available as Synaptic does. >> >> Colin > > -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss