Comments on: Synaptic tips and tricks http://www.ghacks.net/2009/07/20/synaptic-tips-and-tricks/ A technology news blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:34:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: KDE’s Dolphin tips and tricks | Linux Infohttp://www.ghacks.net/2009/07/20/synaptic-tips-and-tricks/comment-page-1/#comment-1337827 KDE’s Dolphin tips and tricks | Linux Info Mon, 09 May 2011 14:28:51 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=14562#comment-1337827 [...] tips and tricks Synaptic tips and tricks Linux Tips: View hidden files Some E17 tips and tricks More Konqueror tips and tricks –> [...] [...] tips and tricks Synaptic tips and tricks Linux Tips: View hidden files Some E17 tips and tricks More Konqueror tips and tricks –> [...]

]]> By: Dotan Cohenhttp://www.ghacks.net/2009/07/20/synaptic-tips-and-tricks/comment-page-1/#comment-856484 Dotan Cohen Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:00:31 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=14562#comment-856484 ‎Thanks, Jack. I usually use apt-get but Synaptic is a good GUI for most people. Most of what you described is pretty self-explanatory from just clicking around the GUI itself, but it is good to see it described so that those unfamiliar can see just how easy it is. ‎Thanks, Jack. I usually use apt-get but Synaptic is a good GUI for most people. Most of what you described is pretty self-explanatory from just clicking around the GUI itself, but it is good to see it described so that those unfamiliar can see just how easy it is.

]]> By: Jack Wallenhttp://www.ghacks.net/2009/07/20/synaptic-tips-and-tricks/comment-page-1/#comment-856127 Jack Wallen Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:39:06 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=14562#comment-856127 lxtips: The safest thing to do is to just click the "Delete Cached Package Files" from within the Files tab of the Preferences window. that will not break any installed packages on your system. but even if you just remove all of the files from /var/cache/apt/archives you won't break your system. but to be safe use the command: sudo apt-get clean lxtips: The safest thing to do is to just click the “Delete Cached Package Files” from within the Files tab of the Preferences window. that will not break any installed packages on your system. but even if you just remove all of the files from /var/cache/apt/archives you won’t break your system. but to be safe use the command:

sudo apt-get clean

]]> By: lxtipshttp://www.ghacks.net/2009/07/20/synaptic-tips-and-tricks/comment-page-1/#comment-855717 lxtips Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:26:11 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=14562#comment-855717 Hi, the suggestion to remove .deb files from /var/cache/apt/archives. Will this break any installed packages? Hi, the suggestion to remove .deb files from /var/cache/apt/archives. Will this break any installed packages?

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