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Synaptic Package Manager doesn't launch from the Application Menu

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My synaptic package manager is not launching from the application menu but i can launch it from terminal with gksudo synaptic. I have tried several times but I can't launch it from the application menu.

The Launch command is synaptic-pkexec (this is accessed from the application menu editor).

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answered 1 Year ago arbaour · Accepted Answer

You can fix it by following:

Open terminal (ctrl+alt+T) and execute:
```
gksudo gedit /usr/share/applications/synaptic.desktop
```
If gksudo is not installed, you can just install it. It's provided by the gksu package.

(Or you can run sudo -H gedit instead. But avoid sudo gedit).

Change line Exec=synaptic-pkexec to Exec=gksudo synaptic.

Save file and close text editor.