Install Synaptic
Open Terminal and type the following command line followed by Enter.
$ sudo apt-get install synaptic apt-xapian-index software-properties-gtk
It will install three packages "synaptic" the application, "apt-xapian-index" search functionality, and "software-properties-gtk" the repository settings.
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Tool of choice - aptitude (CLI)
For a long time I was using aptitude with great success. I can't even remember how many broken Debian and Ubuntu installations I was able to fix with aptitude. Problem resolution, dependency search, package selection, undo function (very important!), etc.
The aptitude program runs from command-line, so when a problem arises and system cannot boot into graphical mode, this is really THE BEST. And I mean that.
Tool of choice - synaptic (GUI)
Second in line is of course synaptic which runs in graphical mode. It is partially similar to aptitude, but offers greater flexibility than basic Ubuntu software management and update utilities. For me this is the SECOND BEST so far.
Yet I have never used packages recommended in the article:
apt-xapian-indexandsoftware-properties-gtk.
This is something to look into, and a reason for this very post.
And whenever something goes really bad, there is always (you guessed it) aptitude.
