Synaptic Package Manager
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
(dwww is required)
For Debian / Ubuntu distributions, Synaptic can also:
- Configure packages through the debconf system
- Provides a Xapian-based fast search
- Get screenshots from screenshots.debian.net
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