Ihave completely lost Synaptic Package Manager. How to reinstall?

I think you may have accidentally deleted your sources.list - No worries though, you should be able to restore it quite easily.

What version of Ubuntu are you running?

Cheers

Chris

7.04 Feisty Fawn

Press 'Alt' and 'F2' then type sudo gedit to run the text editor - copy and paste the text below into a file at /etc/apt/sources.list (the text below is for the Brit repositories)

Then run a sudo apt-get update to update your system.

Chris

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deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates main restricted
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty universe
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty multiverse
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security multiverse

Once you've done what Chris suggested above simply open a terminal and type in: sudo apt-get install synaptic

I copied and pasted in text editor per instructions but got a permission denied message when I tried to save as /etc/apt/sources.list. Tell me how to and where to save this file. What should I name the file?

On Wed, 2007-07-25 at 22:14 +0000, Chris Rowson wrote:
> Your question #10383 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/10383
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Chris Rowson proposed the following answer:
> Press 'Alt' and 'F2' then type sudo gedit to run the text editor - copy
> and paste the text below into a file at /etc/apt/sources.list (the text
> below is for the Brit repositories)
>
> Then run a sudo apt-get update to update your system.
>
> Chris
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted
> deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted
>
> ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
> ## distribution.
> deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates main restricted
> deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates main restricted
>
> ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
> ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
> ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
> ## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
> ## team.
> deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty universe
> deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty universe
>
> ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
> ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
> ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
> ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
> ## security team.
> deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty multiverse
> deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty multiverse
>
> ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
> ## repository.
> ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
> ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
> ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
> ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
> ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
> # deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
> # deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
>
> deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security main restricted
> deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security main restricted
> deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security universe
> deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security universe
> deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security multiverse
> deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security multiverse
> Per instructions I copied and pasted in text editor but when I tried to save the file I got a permission denied message that I could not save to /etc/apt/sources.list. Tell me how and where to save file.

Thanks Chris Rowson, that solved my question.

This program is the best. Thanks to all the people who are willing and able to help out old dummies like myself.

hi I am using Ubuntu server but have desktop cd, i do not have synapetic mgr under system/ administrator/ 7.10 latest version

Mrangel ,

To avoid confusion, please open your own support request.

Best Regards,
Williatms99

sorry I am a noobie, so if i messed you up i am sorry.
God Bless You.
Mrangel.

On Feb 14, 2008 2:51 PM, williamts99 <email address hidden>
wrote:

> Question #10383 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/10383
>
> williamts99 posted a new comment:
> Mrangel ,
>
> To avoid confusion, please open your own support request.
>
> Best Regards,
> Williatms99
>
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