Synaptic (software)

Last updated
Package Manager
Original author(s) Alfredo Kojima, Gustavo Niemeyer and Michael Vogt
Developer(s) Canonical Ltd
Initial releaseNovember 13, 2001;22 years ago (2001-11-13)
Stable release
0.91.3 / February 11, 2023;12 months ago (2023-02-11)
Repository
Written in C, C++, Python
Operating system Debian and derivatives
Available in English
Type Package manager
License GNU GPLv2 [1]
Website github.com/mvo5/synaptic/wiki OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

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.

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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.

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  3. "Synaptic Package Manager Review". Softpedia. 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.