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How to Install Indicator Synapse (Spotlight Alternative) on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS or Linux Mint 17
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Indicator Synapse is a Spotlight Alternative, developed by Tom Beckmann.

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How to Install Indicator Synapse (Spotlight Alternative) on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS or Linux Mint 17 run this commands in terminal:

$ [sudo] add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/apps
$ [sudo] apt-get update
$ [sudo] apt-get install indicator-synapse

After installation once you log out and log in then you can see indicator tool.

This also having a shortcut to use Alt+Super+Space it is not working with this shortcut you can go with Alt+F10.

@Lampwick
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Lampwick commented Nov 4, 2016

The following packages have unmet dependencies: indicator-synapse:
Depends: libgee2 (>= 0.5.0) but it is not installable
Depends: libgranite1 (>= 0.2.0~) but it is not going to be installed

Ubuntu 16.04

Anyone find a solution for this?

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GalvDev commented Jan 7, 2017

I'm having the same problem with unmet dependencies the previous posters have reported. Does anyone know of a solution?

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
indicator-synapse : Depends: libgee2 (>= 0.5.0) but it is not installable
Depends: libgranite1 (>= 0.2.0~) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

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The following worked for me on Ubuntu 16.04.

Add the elementary OS daily PPA, required for the dependencies:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:elementary-os/daily

Add the unstable-upstream PPA for indicator synapse:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:elementary-os/unstable-upstream

Then follow the following instruction:

System Settings > Software & Updates > Other Software > find and click elementary-os/daily repository > Edit > change Distrbution value to "trusty". Do the same for the ppa:elementary-os/unstable-upstream repository. Then sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get install indicator-synapse. That's all.

You can remove the PPA after installing Synapse Indicator if you want.

Source:
http://www.webupd8.org/2013/06/synapse-indicator-new-search.html
http://askubuntu.com/questions/776797/how-do-i-install-indicator-synapse-in-ubuntu-16-04

@VishwaPrabhakar
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Repo updated for ubuntu and Debian based distro use following commands;-

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/apps
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install synapse

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