Re: package managers problem

[gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net>]

On 6/19/23 22:41, paulf@quillandmouse.com wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Jun 2023 03:58:18 +0200
> Anders Andersson <pipatron@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> > I've been watching this thread from afar for a while and it still
> > puzzles me why people keep bringing up wayland. I've been running
> > wayland for years, and synaptic works with no issues as far as I can
> > tell. Is this just FUD from a user that never tried it or is something
> > broken on that user's system?
>
> A couple of years ago, I switched to Wayland temporarily and was unable
> to run Synaptic (with an error message). The phenomenon is real. I
> don't know how you manage it. But I don't recall anyone on this thread
> besides you claiming it could be done.
>
> Paul
I'm with you Paul, if Anders know how to do it, please PUBLISH the how. 
For a while on bullseye, a "sudo -E synaptic" worked, then even that 
died mid-bullseye, somebody plugged a perceived hole and didn't bother 
to mention it to the many thousands of users.

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