Software Centre search function is useless for finding packages as they are hidden under "technical items"
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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software-center (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Searching for packages in the software centre gives very poor results. For example, I wanted to install numpy.
Search 'numpy':
4 unrelated results that happen to mention Numpy in their description (oddly enough, the numpy package mentions numpy in its description too, but doesn't get returned as a search result).
Search 'Numerical Python':
3 new unrelated results
Search 'Scipy':
4 unrelated results
Search 'Scientific Python':
6 unrelated results
Search 'Matplotlib':
This one *actually works* and returns a list of all the matplotlib packages.
How on Earth is this supposed to be a replacement for Synaptic? I can't find anything I need with it.
This is on Ubuntu Software Centre 5.2, fresh install / fully updated Ubuntu 12.04 beta 2.
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → New |
tags: | added: saucy |
tags: | added: trusty |
Thanks for your bugreport.
The packages are found but they are hidden under "technical items" on the bottom of the screen. I will ask for design input what we can do to present results more naturally.