Synaptic (software)

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; 23 years ago
Stable release	0.91.3 / February 11, 2023; 22 months ago
Repository	github.com/mvo5/synaptic ;
Written in	C, C++, Python
Operating system	Debian and derivatives
Available in	English
Type	Package manager
License	GNU GPLv2
Website	github.com/mvo5/synaptic/wiki

Synaptic is a GTK-based graphical user interface designed 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".
^ García, Joaquín (17 March 2013). "Synaptic, un gestor debianita en Ubuntu" [Synaptic, a debianic manager software for Ubuntu]. Ubunlog (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 17 August 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2019. ¿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". Softpedia. 24 May 2007. 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.

External links

[License-1] "COPYING".

[Garcia,_ubunlog,_2013-2] García, Joaquín (17 March 2013). "Synaptic, un gestor debianita en Ubuntu" [Synaptic, a debianic manager software for Ubuntu]. Ubunlog (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 17 August 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2019. ¿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". Softpedia. 24 May 2007. 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 Homebrew Nix pkgsrc Snap
Others (binary)	Entropy netpkg pacman PiSi PPM slackpkg slapt-get swaret upkg
Others (source)	Sorcery Portage
Front-ends	Autopackage Listaller PackageKit GNOME Software Apper
Related topics	AppStream Package format
Linux portal Free and open-source software portal List Category Commons Italics indicates a discontinued or inactive package management system.

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