Post #2936668
2026-03-13 15:06 UTC
@demerara@social.vivaldi.net Synaptic is an X11 window that requires to be run as root, which is incompatible with the Wayland security model. Ubuntu 24.04 does not modify the desktop entry to work around this in Wayland, but you can run it from a terminal with `sudo -E synaptic`. This will apply for other X11 applications that run as root as well. `sudo -E gparted` and `sudo -E gufw-pkexec`, for example. Ideally these would be updated to not require root though.
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@demerara@social.vivaldi.net 2026-03-13 15:53
@mmstick@fosstodon.org Thank you, excellent to know that the -E option is a workaround. Synaptic is my go-to when I run into dependency chaos in trying to compile some app I want to use that has no package. That is rare and no fun...I can't wait to run into it now with Cosmic!