This was fixed upstream, here is how you easily build it yourself with Docker without installing anything else on the host.
Start temporary container: > sudo docker run -it --rm -v /tmp/synaptic-build:/output ubuntu:26.04 Inside container (at least as of today's commit https://github.com/mvo5/synaptic/commit/a16dbb2dd72163055ddce0f50b37d3d61144d4f2): ``` apt-get update && apt-get install -y \ git build-essential devscripts \ libgtk-3-dev libapt-pkg-dev libxapian-dev \ libvte-2.91-dev libglib2.0-dev libpolkit-gobject-1-dev \ intltool gettext autoconf automake libtool pkg-config \ xsltproc docbook-xsl git clone https://github.com/mvo5/synaptic /build/synaptic cd /build/synaptic dch --newversion "0.91.7+xapian1" "Revive quick filter without libept" # Satisfy any remaining deps from the debian/ control file apt-get build-dep -y . dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -b cp /build/*.deb /output/ ``` Now exist container, it will self-destruct on exit. Now back on the host you'll have a package to install: ``` sudo apt install /tmp/synaptic-build/synaptic_*.deb sudo update-apt-xapian-index ``` Done! You have the latest upstream version with the fix built-in and quick search working. The version is specifically higher so that Ubuntu's packaged version will not replace it automatically. I hope Ubuntu maintainers pull the latest version one day. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2102220 Title: synaptic: quick search field missing To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/synaptic/+bug/2102220/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
