Getting the Quick Filter back in Synaptic

Wow did I miss this trying 16.04 Alpha but turns out to be an easy fix. Ctrl+F is sooo limited!

sudo apt-get install apt-xapian-index
sudo update-apt-xapian-index

Viola!

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Yep. Quick Filter all the way! :slight_smile: One thing to consider that it may result in an overweight /var/cache/apt-xapian-index folder. (139 MB?!)

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I see 56MB on just the one pass BUT my Ubuntu-Mate 14.04 is up to 155MB but has a few added repos. It also sets up a cron.weekly update.

(I changed to a more suitable category - hope something doesn’t break. :slight_smile: )

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xapian cause some serious performance issues on lower power hardware, which is why it doesn’t ship by default in Ubuntu MATE :slight_smile:

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Hi Wimpy and thanks for a perfectly rounded topic. How to, why and why not - all covered. :joy:

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