Synaptic

Package Manager
	Screenshot Synaptic 0.90.2 on Linux Mint
Original author(s)	Alfredo Kojima, Gustavo Niemeyer and Michael Vogt
Developer(s)	Canonical Ltd
Initial release	November 13, 2001; 22 years ago
Stable release	0.91.3 / February 11, 2023; 17 months ago
Written in	C, C++, Python
Operating system	Debian and derivatives
Available in	English
Type	Package manager
License	GNU GPLv2
Website	{{{1}}}

Short description: GTK GUI front end for APT package manager

Synaptic is a GTK-based graphical user interface for the APT package manager used by the Debian Linux distribution and its derivatives.^[2] Synaptic is usually used on systems based on deb packages but can also be used on systems based on RPM packages. It can be used to install, remove and upgrade software packages and to add repositories.

Usage

The package manager enables the user to install, to upgrade or to remove software packages. To install or remove a package a user must search or navigate to the package, then mark it for installation or removal. Changes are not applied instantly; the user must first mark all changes and then apply them.

History

Synaptic development was funded by the Brazilian company Conectiva,^[3] which asked Alfredo Kojima, then an employee, to write a graphical front-end for APT, continuing the work initiated with the creation of the APT RPM back-end, apt-rpm.

References

↑ "COPYING". https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~synaptic-developers/synaptic/trunk/view/head:/COPYING.
↑ García, Joaquín (2013-03-17). "Synaptic, un gestor debianita en Ubuntu" (in es). https://ubunlog.com/synaptic-un-gestor-debianita-en-ubuntu/. "¿Qué es Synaptic? Synaptic es un gestor de paquetes, de programas visual, es decir, que cuenta con una interfaz e instalamos a golpe de click en vez de escribir como hacemos en la terminal."
↑ "Synaptic Package Manager Review". https://www.softpedia.com/reviews/linux/Synaptic-Package-Manager-55512.shtml. "Based on this library, Conectiva company considered the development of a tool that should fuse the point-and-click simplicity of a graphical UI with the power of the apt-get command line."

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[License-1] "COPYING". https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~synaptic-developers/synaptic/trunk/view/head:/COPYING.

[Garcia,_ubunlog,_2013-2] García, Joaquín (2013-03-17). "Synaptic, un gestor debianita en Ubuntu" (in es). https://ubunlog.com/synaptic-un-gestor-debianita-en-ubuntu/. "¿Qué es Synaptic? Synaptic es un gestor de paquetes, de programas visual, es decir, que cuenta con una interfaz e instalamos a golpe de click en vez de escribir como hacemos en la terminal."

[Softpedia,_2007-3] "Synaptic Package Manager Review". https://www.softpedia.com/reviews/linux/Synaptic-Package-Manager-55512.shtml. "Based on this library, Conectiva company considered the development of a tool that should fuse the point-and-click simplicity of a graphical UI with the power of the apt-get command line."

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v t e Linux package management systems
dpkg	APT KPackage Synaptic Ubuntu Software Center aptitude dselect
RPM	APT-RPM DNF up2date urpmi Rpmdrake YUM ZYpp
Embedded systems	ipkg opkg
Distribution-agnostic	AppImage Flatpak GNU Guix Nix pkgsrc Snappy
Others (binary)	Conary Entropy netpkg pacman PiSi PPM slackpkg slapt-get swaret upkg
Others (source)	Sorcery Portage
Front-ends	Autopackage Listaller PackageKit Discover GNOME Software Apper Zero Install
Related topics	AppData AppStream Package format
List Category Commons Italics indicates a discontinued or inactive package management system.

Synaptic

Topic: Software

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Screenshot Synaptic 0.90.2 on Linux Mint
Original author(s)	Alfredo Kojima, Gustavo Niemeyer and Michael Vogt
Developer(s)	Canonical Ltd
Initial release	November 13, 2001; 22 years ago (2001-11-13)

Stable release	0.91.3 / February 11, 2023; 17 months ago (2023-02-11)

Written in	C, C++, Python
Operating system	Debian and derivatives
Available in	English
Type	Package manager
License	GNU GPLv2^[1]
Website	{{{1}}}