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keepitsimpleengineer
Asked: 2011-11-29 12:07:10 +0800 CST

Where is search on Ubuntu Software Center?

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It seems to have disappeared. The menu Edit/Search doesn't work, either.

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I've filed a launchpad bug-report.

11.10

3 Answers

  1. Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

    The Search textbox is hidden by default, it is automatically displayed when typing.

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  2. Maybe this answer is just silly, but it is not just the case that the window is not big enough to show the Search textbox? If i resize my window to that size, the Search disappears because there's no space to it be shown.

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  3. Best Answer

    Gary Lasker from Canoical contacted me through launchpad. He asked me to run Ubuntu Software Center from a terminal using the command line.

    ⋯$ software-center

    I did that and the search box is back. There were no updates in the interim so it possibly was a one time thing (so far).

    Thanks to Gary for getting back to me quickly!

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