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Jabroneous

#! CrunchBanger

Registered: 2011-11-26

Posts: 123

Is the Quick Filter feature in Synaptic unique to CrunchBang?

See title.

I've never been able to enable the quick search bar that Synaptic comes loaded with on #! in any other variety of Debian. Is there a custom script that was made for it, and if so, does anyone know what it is/where to find it?

dubois

The Old Codger

Registered: 2010-09-03

Posts: 2,238

Re: Is the Quick Filter feature in Synaptic unique to CrunchBang?

It's a normal feature of synaptic.  You'll need to wait for the files to be sorted before using it.  Perhaps that was it??

Any more information will have to come from someone else -- I'm just a user. 

zengrapefruit

#! Junkie

Registered: 2009-12-11

Posts: 262

Re: Is the Quick Filter feature in Synaptic unique to CrunchBang?

I *think* the package you need to install is xapian-something.

Note: this is not a helpful post!!

axcraig

#! Member

Registered: 2011-02-05

Posts: 95

Re: Is the Quick Filter feature in Synaptic unique to CrunchBang?

The packag is apt-xapian-index

sudo apt-get install apt-xapian-index

pvsage

Internal Affairs

From: North Carolina

Registered: 2009-10-18

Posts: 9,037

Re: Is the Quick Filter feature in Synaptic unique to CrunchBang?

It's not unique to CrunchBang; *buntu has had it at least since 8.10.  Always wondered what package provided it...thought it was compiled into Synaptic; now I know better.

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Jabroneous

#! CrunchBanger

Registered: 2011-11-26

Posts: 123

Re: Is the Quick Filter feature in Synaptic unique to CrunchBang?

The packag is apt-xapian-index

sudo apt-get install apt-xapian-index

I've got that, actually. Been looking this up for quite a while. But even installing it hasn't done anything.

I must be missing something...

Jabroneous

#! CrunchBanger

Registered: 2011-11-26

Posts: 123

Re: Is the Quick Filter feature in Synaptic unique to CrunchBang?

Is there another command you need to execute after grabbing apt-xapian-index?

rnwilsoniii

New Member

Registered: 2012-06-14

Posts: 1

Re: Is the Quick Filter feature in Synaptic unique to CrunchBang?

I'm not sure if you figured this out... Try updating the index...

sudo update-apt-xapian-index -vf

lcafiero

The #! Guy

From: Felton, California, USA

Registered: 2011-07-21

Posts: 1,381

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Re: Is the Quick Filter feature in Synaptic unique to CrunchBang?

I also hate to be thought of as "Mr. GUI," but I think if you open Synaptic and then click on Reload first (then wait for that to finish, usually in a couple of minutes), you should have a fully updated library(ies) to choose from.

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rhowaldt

#!*$%:)

Registered: 2011-03-09

Posts: 4,396

Re: Is the Quick Filter feature in Synaptic unique to CrunchBang?

^ thanks Mr GUI!

make some more posts and you can get your custom title

lcafiero

The #! Guy

From: Felton, California, USA

Registered: 2011-07-21

Posts: 1,381

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Re: Is the Quick Filter feature in Synaptic unique to CrunchBang?

No, thanks. I'd rather have a title other than "Mr. GUI," but I always seem to be the one pointing out non-CLI solutions.

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wuxmedia

wookiee madclaw

From: Normal for Normandy

Registered: 2012-03-09

Posts: 867

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Re: Is the Quick Filter feature in Synaptic unique to CrunchBang?

^ good on you! not everybody runs nine term windows or watches video in ASCII, (except my IRL mate lookey) it doesn't seem to be installed by default in Waldorf.

thanks to axcraig and new member rnwilsoniii and lcafiero waldorf is now 'quick search enabled'
cheers!

Last edited by wuxmedia (2012-06-14 21:10:31)

pvsage

Internal Affairs

From: North Carolina

Registered: 2009-10-18

Posts: 9,037

Re: Is the Quick Filter feature in Synaptic unique to CrunchBang?

I think The CrunchBang Guy already has a title for when he hits the #!DieHard mark.

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pidsley

#! Die Hard

Registered: 2012-05-23

Posts: 1,349

Re: Is the Quick Filter feature in Synaptic unique to CrunchBang?

^ But we should spell it gooey...

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lcafiero

The #! Guy

From: Felton, California, USA

Registered: 2011-07-21

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Re: Is the Quick Filter feature in Synaptic unique to CrunchBang?

Now, the GOOEY Guy . . . hmmm. Dragons might agree.

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machinebacon

#! unstable

From: PRC

Registered: 2009-07-02

Posts: 6,219

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Re: Is the Quick Filter feature in Synaptic unique to CrunchBang?

"Larry the Crunchbang GUI"

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Digit

#! Die Hard

From: the internet

Registered: 2009-05-26

Posts: 972

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Re: Is the Quick Filter feature in Synaptic unique to CrunchBang?

thnx guys.  that was handy.  even though i had sussed it and fixed it on my vsido system thnx to a couple other threads from other distros, they didnt have the -vf.  so thnx for that rnwilsoniii.    nice touch.

good ol crunchbang.  always pleasant n fun n helpful.

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wookiee madclaw

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Registered: 2012-03-09

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Re: Is the Quick Filter feature in Synaptic unique to CrunchBang?

that's really odd you bumped this thread digit,
I re-read my post (only 7 months ago) and now i tend to actually have 9 or 10 term windows  open at a time.  weird huh.