Synaptic Package Manager – apt package management

Last Updated on July 13, 2021

Synaptic is a graphical package management program for apt, an open source interface that handles the installation and removal of software on Debian / Ubuntu and its variants.

This application provides the same features as the apt-get command line utility with a graphical user interface front-end based on Gtk+. In other words, it lets users install, upgrade, or remove software packages.

Synaptic’s proficient package removal is a simple way of removing unneeded software on your system.

Features include:

• Install, remove, upgrade and downgrade single and multiple packages.
• Upgrade your whole system.
• Perform smart system upgrades.
• Manage package repositories (sources.list).
• Find packages by name, description and several other attributes.
• Select packages by status, section, name or a custom filter.
• Sort packages by name, status, size or version.
• Download the latest changelog of a package.
• Lock packages to the current version.
• Force the installation of a specific package version.
• Fix broken package dependencies.
• Undo/Redo of selections.
• Built-in terminal emulator for the package manager.
• Edit the list of used repositories (sources.list).
• Browse all available documentation related to a package.

Website: www.nongnu.org/synaptic
Support: Documentation
Developer: Alfredo Kojima, Michael Vogt, Gustavo Niemeyer and contributors
License: GNU GPL v2

Synaptic is written in C, C++ and Python. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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