1 | <html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><title>Custom Filters</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.68.1"><link rel="start" href="index.html" title="Synaptic Package Manager Manual V0.1.2"><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="Synaptic Package Manager Manual V0.1.2"><link rel="prev" href="ar01s04.html" title="Repositories"><link rel="next" href="ar01s06.html" title="Known Bugs and Limitations"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Custom Filters</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ar01s04.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center"> </th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ar01s06.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="synaptic-filter"></a>Custom Filters</h2></div></div></div><p> |
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2 | Filters enable you to narrow down the list of shown packages by a variety of package attributes. |
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3 | </p><p> |
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4 | <span class="application">Synaptic Package Manager</span> comes with a set of predefined filters. |
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5 | </p><div class="table"><a name="table-synaptic-filters"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 4. Predefined Filters</b></p><table summary="Predefined Filters" border="1"><colgroup><col><col></colgroup><thead><tr><th align="left" valign="top"> |
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6 | Filter |
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7 | </th><th align="left" valign="top"> |
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8 | Description |
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9 | </th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td valign="top">All packages</td><td valign="top"> |
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10 | Display all known packages. |
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11 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Marked Changes</td><td valign="top"> |
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12 | Display all packages that are marked for a status change. |
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13 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Pkg with Debconf</td><td valign="top"> |
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14 | Display all packages that can be configured through debconf |
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15 | (Debian only). |
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16 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Broken</td><td valign="top"> |
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17 | Display only packages with broken dependencies. |
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18 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Upgradable (upstream)</td><td valign="top"> |
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19 | Display all packages that can be upgraded to a later |
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20 | upstream version. |
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21 | </td></tr></tbody></table></div><p> |
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22 | Because of some interface changes the set of predefined filters changed, too. |
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23 | The old and deprecated filters are not removed automatically by Synaptic. |
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24 | </p><div class="table"><a name="table-synaptic-filters-deprecated"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 5. Deprecated Filters</b></p><table summary="Deprecated Filters" border="1"><colgroup><col><col></colgroup><thead><tr><th align="left" valign="top"> |
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25 | Filter |
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26 | </th><th align="left" valign="top"> |
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27 | Description |
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28 | </th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td valign="top">Install</td><td valign="top"> |
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29 | Display only currently installed packages. |
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30 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Not installed</td><td valign="top"> |
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31 | Display only currently not installed packages. |
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32 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Upgradable</td><td valign="top"> |
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33 | Display only packages with a later version available. |
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34 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Broken</td><td valign="top"> |
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35 | Display only packages with broken dependencies. |
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36 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Programmed Changes</td><td valign="top"> |
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37 | Display only packages marked to be modified. |
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38 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">New in archive</td><td valign="top"> |
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39 | Display only new packages since the last |
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40 | repository update. |
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41 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Residual</td><td valign="top"> |
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42 | Display only former installed packages that left |
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43 | data or configuration files on the system. |
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44 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Pkg with Debconf</td><td valign="top"> |
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45 | Display only packages that can be configured through |
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46 | the debian package configuration system, so called debconf. |
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47 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Obsolete or locally installed</td><td valign="top"> |
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48 | Display only packages that are not (for longer) |
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49 | included in one of the specified repositories. |
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50 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Search Filter</td><td valign="top"> |
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51 | Display the results of the last package search. |
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52 | </td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="synaptic-filter-apply"></a>To Apply Filters</h3></div></div></div><p> |
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53 | To apply a filter follow these steps: |
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54 | </p><div class="orderedlist"><ol type="1"><li><p> |
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55 | Choose <span class="guibutton">Custom Filters</span> from the category combobox in |
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56 | the main window. |
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57 | </p></li><li><p> |
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58 | Choose the wished filter from the <a href="ar01s02.html#synaptic-win-selector">category selector</a>. |
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59 | </p></li></ol></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="synaptic-filter-edit"></a>To Edit or Create Custom Filters</h3></div></div></div><p> |
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60 | Filters can be created, deleted and modified in the filter editor: |
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61 | </p><p> |
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62 | Choose <span class="guimenu">Preferences</span>-><span class="guimenuitem"> |
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63 | Filters</span> from the menu. |
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64 | </p><div class="figure"><a name="id2530381"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 7. Edit Filters</b></p><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="figures/synaptic-filter.png" alt=" |
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65 | Shows the filter editor. |
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66 | "></div></div></div><p> |
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67 | The filter editor contains the following components: |
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68 | </p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term"> |
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69 | List of Filter |
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70 | </span></dt><dd><p> |
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71 | Shows a list of available filters. |
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72 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"> |
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73 | Rules |
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74 | </span></dt><dd><p> |
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75 | Rules allow you to define which packages should be shown in the list. |
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76 | A package has to fulfill all selected criteria. |
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77 | </p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term"> |
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78 | Status |
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79 | </span></dt><dd><p> |
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80 | Allows you to search packages by status. |
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81 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"> |
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82 | Section |
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83 | </span></dt><dd><p> |
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84 | Allows you to search packages by section. |
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85 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"> |
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86 | Properties |
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87 | </span></dt><dd><p> |
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88 | Allows you to search packages by a variety of |
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89 | attributes e.g. name, dependencies or origin. |
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90 | </p></dd><dt><span class="term"> |
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91 | Keywords |
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92 | </span></dt><dd><p> |
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93 | Keywords are based on debtags. Only Debian GNU/Linux |
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94 | with installed "debtags" supports this feature. |
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