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Autor: tito
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A: dng
Asunto: Re: [DNG] Bug in synaptic package manager?
On Tue, 25 Jan 2022 11:06:22 +0100
Michael Neuffer via Dng <dng@???> wrote:

>
>
> On 1/25/22 10:27, Didier Kryn wrote:
> > Le 25/01/2022 à 09:49, Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng a écrit :
> >> Hi Tito,
> >>
> >> tito via Dng <dng@???> writes:
> [...]
> >> BTW, I don't use synaptic myself.  Too much bloat.  The command-line
> >> suits my needs just fine.
> >>
> >>
> >     I'd have loved using aptitude but could never understand how to do
> > the simplest thing with it, although I watched several experts using it
> > and was impressed. As a menu-driven package manager, I very often use
> > Synaptic, leaving apt-get for quick simple things or when dist-upgrading.
> >
> >     I don't use synaptic with pkexec to get the permission. I think I
> > haven't pkexec installed. I have a button on my pannel programmed with
> > sh -c "SUDO_ASKPASS=/usr/bin/ssh-askpass sudo -A synaptic".
> >
> >     For this to work, I must have ssh-askpass installed, /etc/sudoers
> > configured to allow me to invoque synaptic, plus the following line in
> > /etc/sudoers:
> >
> > Defaults env_keep = "EDITOR LOGNAME XAUTHORITY DISPLAY"
> >
> >     Only XAUTHORITY and DISPLAY  are needed in this case, the other
> > variables serve other purposes.
>
> Why don't you use the trusty old dselect?
>
> Cheers
>    Mike


But I want to use synaptic... :-(

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