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Elysium
Asked: 2014-04-18 14:16:59 +0800 CST

Is synapse application launcher available?

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I really like that synapse application launcher, but there seems to be no way of installing it in ubuntu 14.04. Any ideas why? Or does anyone know how I could get it?

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  1. Best Answer

    A bug has been filed on launchpad about that.

    It seems, though, that the program's testing PPA now supports 14.04: Synapse Bleeding edge

    EDIT:

    To install from the PPA above, do the following in a terminal - [Ctrl+Alt+t]

    sudo apt-add-repository ppa:synapse-core/testing

    (press Enter-key when prompted to continue)

    sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install synapse

    Synapse should now be installed.

    NOTE: It is not recommended that you use a bleeding edge version of a software application as they may (and often do) contain game breaking bugs. My advice is that you keep checking Ubuntu's software repository and revert to a stable version as soon as one is made available.

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  2. Synapse was removed of Debian since was seriously bugged and blocked the removal of Vala, this also affects new Ubuntu installation since Ubuntu imports from Debian.

    You can use a PPA or compiling from sources but you wont have Ubuntu support to solve any bug encountered.

    The changelog of the package confirms this.

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  3. I've been looking for Synapse too, since I installed Ubuntu 14.04, and just found these links:

    For 32-bit PC:
    https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/trusty/i386/synapse/0.2.10-2ubuntu3
    Look for "synapse_0.2.10-2ubuntu3_i386.deb (473.5 KiB)" under Downloadable files.

    For 64-bit PC:
    https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/trusty/amd64/synapse/0.2.10-2ubuntu3
    Look for "synapse_0.2.10-2ubuntu3_amd64.deb (475.9 KiB)" under Downloadable files.

    Attention! I still haven't tested them, for I'm at work right now. As soon as I get home, in the evening, I'll test it, then I come back here to say if it works or not. In the meantime, if anyone tests it, please, let us know if it works, OK?

    I hope this works. I really miss Synapse. Unity Dash sucks! :)

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  4. An alternative to Synapse which is available in the Software Center is called Launchy. It's not quite as nice as Synapse but does the trick and doesn't seem to break anything.

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  5. Gnome-do will do.

    sudo apt-get install gnome-do
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  6. You need to use the Bleeding Edge PPA:

    ppa:synapse-core/testing

    It contains Synapse for Ubuntu 14.04.

    (Original answer not mine. I found it here: How to add ppa repositories?). It works!

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  7. I have found several users having problems with the bleeding edge version of synapse. Sometimes it doesn't run. I have included a .deb file to share which is version 0.2.10, I have not had any issues with this version on several machines. Link below to download.

    http://xellink.com/2015/01/31/lubuntu-guide-synapse-application-launcher/

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  8. Synapse is no longer officially maintained; so in my eyes there is not much sense in trying to somehow get it up and running on your system. You might be better of using alternatives, like "launchy" or "kupfer".

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