Ubuntu
gnome-software package

  1. Bug #1553211
  2. Comment #22

Comment 22 for bug 1553211

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Amr Ibrahim (amribrahim1987) wrote : Re: Ubuntu should provide a default graphical method to install technical packages (plugins, kernels, terminal apps)

I think the problem here is not about only installing non-app packages; it's about browsing and searching for those packages. You can't search for CLI packages in GNOME Software, but you can in GNOME PackageKit and Synaptic.