Synaptic is a

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-based

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designed for the APT

package manager A package manager or package management system is a collection of software tools that automates the process of installing, upgrading, configuring, and removing computer programs for a computer in a consistent manner. A package manager deals wi ...

used by the

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and its derivatives. Synaptic is usually used on systems based on deb packages but can also be used on systems based on

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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, 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.

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External links

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Synaptic in help.ubuntu.com, including the improvements

Synaptic GitHub page
{{GNOME 2001 software Dpkg Linux package management-related software Linux PMS graphical front-ends Package management software that uses GTK Software update managers Software using the GNU General Public License

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