Comment 4 for bug 1568056

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Lonnie Lee Best (launchpad-startport) wrote :

1) Previous software managers, in Ubuntu, indicated the package-name upon viewing the details of software, and therefore it has become my go-to-GUI for discovering package-names.

2) Even when I use a GUI to install software, I like to take note of the official package name so that I can add that package-name to my notes, and so that I can later install *all my software* (on a fresh install) with one "sudo apt-get install" command (without having to relocate each software again via a Software Manager: gnome-software).

3) When I have an issue with a program, I report bugs using this command:
ubuntu-bug packageName
I like having a GUI for discovering the package name: If I installed it using the GUI, that's where I want to go back to in order to see the package name I installed via that GUI. I don't want to memorize a command for discovering which package I initially used gnome-software to install; the GUI that I searched from (originally -- when I installed the software) is the same GUI I want to search to discover what I originally installed.

4) The official package name is pertinent information to advance users (who may know commands, but prefer GUIs).

5) Including the package name doesn't take up much room; it does not clutter the interface for users who don't care about package names, while also providing pertinent information to advance user.