{"id":4381,"date":"2014-12-14T14:14:11","date_gmt":"2014-12-14T14:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=4381"},"modified":"2014-12-14T14:14:11","modified_gmt":"2014-12-14T14:14:11","slug":"install-synapse-application-launcher-ubuntu-14-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2014\/12\/install-synapse-application-launcher-ubuntu-14-04\/","title":{"rendered":"Install Synapse Application Launcher in Ubuntu 14.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/synapse-app-launcher-icon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/synapse-app-launcher-icon.png\" alt=\"synapse app launcher\" width=\"245\" height=\"245\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/synapse-app-launcher-icon.png 245w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/synapse-app-launcher-icon-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Synapse is a powerful app launcher for Ubuntu Linux, which allows to start applications as well as find and access relevant documents &#038; files by making use of the Zeitgeist engine.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Synapse supports keyboard shortcuts. By default, you can:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>press <b>Ctrl+Space<\/b> on keyboard to bring up the search box<\/li>\n<li>type anything and use top\/down arrow keys to navigate among results.<\/li>\n<li>finally hit Enter to start application or open the document or file.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/synapse-launcher.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/synapse-launcher.jpg\" alt=\"Synapse launcher in Ubuntu 14.04\" width=\"600\" height=\"291\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/synapse-launcher.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/synapse-launcher-300x145.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With the default enabled plugins, Synapse launcher also allows you to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>find and execute arbitrary commands<\/li>\n<li>calculate basic expressions<\/li>\n<li>log out current session and lock screen<\/li>\n<li>shutdown, restart, suspend, hibernate computer<\/li>\n<li>share images using imgur<\/li>\n<li>connect to host with SSH<\/li>\n<li>search the web.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/synapse-ssh-command.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/synapse-ssh-command.jpg\" alt=\"synapse-ssh-command\" width=\"600\" height=\"252\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/synapse-ssh-command.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/synapse-ssh-command-300x126.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Install Synapse in Ubuntu 14.04:<\/h4>\n<p>Press <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> on keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run commands below one by one to add Synapse stable PPA, update system cache and install the program:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:synapse-core\/ppa\r\n\r\nsudo apt-get update\r\n\r\nsudo apt-get install synapse<\/pre>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t want to add the PPA, download &#038; install the synapse and synapse-dbg packages(<b>.deb<\/b> packages) from the <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~synapse-core\/+archive\/ubuntu\/ppa\/+packages?field.name_filter=&#038;field.status_filter=published&#038;field.series_filter=trusty\" target=\"_blank\">launchpad page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Once installed, open the program from the Dash or Menu. When it opens, you can configure the auto-start, keyboard shortcuts, and plugins from the indicator menu preferences window.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/synapse-launcher-preferences2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/synapse-launcher-preferences2.jpg\" alt=\"Synapse launcher preferences\" width=\"600\" height=\"364\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/synapse-launcher-preferences2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/synapse-launcher-preferences2-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it. Enjoy!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Synapse is a powerful app launcher for Ubuntu Linux, which allows to start applications as well as find and access relevant documents &#038; files by making use of the Zeitgeist engine. Synapse supports keyboard shortcuts. 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