If you can reproduce this problem, can you please run (in a terminal as root): # gdb synaptic (gdb) run [make it crash] (gdb) backtrace
and then attach the output of that backtrace to this bugreport? Thanks, Michael ** Changed in: synaptic (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info -- Synaptic crashes when adding packages manually https://launchpad.net/bugs/52305 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs