Synaptic Package Manager
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Synaptic Screenshot
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| Original author(s) | Alfredo Kojima, Gustavo Niemeyer and Michael Vogt |
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| Developer(s) | Conectiva |
| Initial release | November 13, 2001 |
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0.84.2 / March 9, 2017
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| Repository | code |
| Written in | C, C++ and Python |
| Operating system | APT-based distros |
| Type | Package manager |
| License | GNU GPLv2 |
| Website | www |
Synaptic is a GTK+-based graphical user interface for Advanced Packaging Tool (APT)—the Package management system used by Debian and its derivatives. 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.
It also has the following features:
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.
Synaptic development was funded by 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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