Muon alternative, other graphical way to access software sources?

[Euroman]

As it seems Muon (graphical package manager like Synaptic) is no longer in the repositories for 24.04. Of course I could install Synaptic itself but is there another Qt/KDE application like Muon (I know about Discover )?

Muon was also my preferred way to manage package sources. Is there another way to access those settings graphically? I couldn't find them in the system settings and not in Disover either.

Lastly Muon still shows up in Discover when I search for it but I guess that's a leftover from the upgrade (I was on 22.04 before).

[Beerislife]

I *think* if you download the Muon DEB it will install.

https://pkgs.org/download/muon

[claydoh]

Qt/KDE application like Muon

No.

Is there another way to access those settings graphically? I couldn't find them in the system settings and not in Disover either.

Ubuntu moved to using the more current standards for apt, but this seems to break Discover's settings, until whoever maintains its apt backend.
A workaround is to open the Driver Manager in System Settings. This is just a tab in the Software Sources tool.

Muon still shows up in Discover

It might not have been removed after a release upgrade, assuming this is your case.

I *think* if you download the Muon DEB it will install.

https://pkgs.org/download/muon

it might be better using a more current deb from a more current release:
https://packages.ubuntu.com/mantic/muon

[Euroman]

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A workaround is to open the Driver Manager in System Settings. This is just a tab in the Software Sources tool.
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Thanks! That works I'm not afraid to use the CLI if I have to for package management but I just like(d) the graphical overview Muon provided. Could try the older .deb but think it's better to manage debs using the CLI. For snaps Discover is fine. Furthermore I understand the choice for Discover as it's way friendlier to new users than Muon.

[Snowhog]

You could also install Synaptic Package Manager (package: synaptic), also an older GUI package manager, but unlike Muon, still maintained.

[vanadiumboy]

How can I uninstall VirtualBox with Synaptic?
There doesn't seem to be a list of apps installed.
I install VirtualBox from the official website, using a DEB file that I downloaded from the official website.

[claydoh]

You might try applying filters, and use the search tool.
it doesn't matter if it was installed via a deb or from the repos. Filters can help sometimes, as well,

[vanadiumboy]

I don't know what I am doing wrong. Maybe my computer is retarded. The search function returns everything, not just virtualbox.

[claydoh]

Note I used more of the name: virtualb
There are is a metric crap ton of a butt load of packages with "virtual" in the name.
It might just be choking on the large number of items.

The terminal won't lie

apt search virtualbox

Or

apt policy virtualbox-7.1

[vanadiumboy]

Note I used more of the name: virtualb
There are is a metric crap ton of a butt load of packages with "virtual" in the name.
It might just be choking on the large number of items.

The terminal won't lie

apt search virtualbox

Or

apt policy virtualbox-7.1

Thanks, I found VirtualBox in the Synaptic thing. It shows as installed.

[Dave Rove]

Kubuntu 24.10 and muon can still be made to work. Grab muon_5.8.0-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb from here:
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/m/muon

"Configure Software Sources" doesn't work at first.That's because muon calls the software-sources with, e.g.:
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexec/kf5/kdesu -- /usr/bin/software-properties-kde --attach 73400332 --dont-update
(that long number being muon's window ID)

Now that we're on Plasma 6, kdesu is not in the directory kf5 but kf6. So:

sudo su
cd /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexec/kf5
ln -s ../kf6/kdesu kdesu

That worked for me.

[CharlieDaves]

Kubuntu 24.10 and muon can still be made to work. Grab muon_5.8.0-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb from here:
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/m/muon
That worked for me.

muon 5.8.0-1 exists. NO 5.8.0-2. Plus. It was updated in 2020.

I am a noob at Linux & Kubuntu, but I am sure this would crash or cause more problems than it's worth. Just My Opinion

"Long Live Grand Admiral Thrawn... I mean MUON"
"Two hours into mission destroy Robinson family. Destroy all Systems.... I mean Destroy all programmers and developers of Discover" What a PoS-Software 'Discover' is

[claydoh]

Just use Synaptic -- Muon was a sort of clone of this anyway. And it isn't as buggy or suffering bit rot.

[raysarvatt]

Just wanted to share some useful information with anyone interested in Muon. The project is not dead — a developer has taken the time and effort to keep it working with Qt6.

You can find the updated version here:

https://github.com/evgeniy-harchenko/muon

Alongside Muon, the same author has also provided an updated version of qapt (version 4), which is required to make Muon work properly on modern KDE setups.

I think it's only fair to give visibility to this effort, as someone actually had the courage and patience to maintain it. Hopefully, this can be helpful to others still looking for a solid package manager frontend on Debian-based KDE systems.

[claydoh]

Just wanted to share some useful information with anyone interested in Muon. The project is not dead — a developer has taken the time and effort to keep it working with Qt6.

You can find the updated version here:

https://github.com/evgeniy-harchenko/muon

Alongside Muon, the same author has also provided an updated version of qapt (version 4), which is required to make Muon work properly on modern KDE setups.

I think it's only fair to give visibility to this effort, as someone actually had the courage and patience to maintain it. Hopefully, this can be helpful to others still looking for a solid package manager frontend on Debian-based KDE systems.

Hopefully all the bugginess and the funkiness with apt-xapian-index weren't ported over and they make qapt less broken, as well.
Synaptic is just much more robust and stable, as it has been forever. Much as I did like Muon, it was never anywhere near as stable as Synaptic.

And UI updating might be nice to have once it gets settled in.