Galternatives Alternatives: Software Installers

The best Software Installer alternative to Galternatives is Synaptic, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked three alternatives to Galternatives and three of them are Software Installers so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Software Installer alternatives to Galternatives are Advanced Package Tool and aptitude.

Galternatives alternatives are mainly Package Managers but may also be Software Installers or Software Updaters. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Galternatives.

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Galternatives

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Linux

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Synaptic
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Free • Open Source
Package Manager
Software Installer
Software Updater
Linux
Debian
Xfce
47 alternatives to Synaptic
Synaptic is a graphical package management program for apt. It provides the same features as the apt-get command line utility with a GUI front-end based on Gtk+.
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Synaptic Features
1. Ad-freeSynaptic doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
2. Privacy focusedSynaptic is considered a privacy friendly alternative.
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Advanced Package Tool
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Free • Open Source
Package Manager
Linux
32 alternatives to Advanced Package Tool
Apt (for Advanced Package Tool) is a set of core tools inside Debian. The user interface application for Apt is aptitude.
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Advanced Package Tool Features
1. Ad-freeAdvanced Package Tool doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
2. Command line interfaceAdvanced Package Tool either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
3. LightweightAdvanced Package Tool consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
4. Privacy focusedAdvanced Package Tool is considered a privacy friendly alternative.
aptitude
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Free • Open Source
Package Manager
Software Installer
Linux
28 alternatives to aptitude
aptitude is a terminal-based frontend for Advanced Package Tool with a number of useful features, including: a mutt-like syntax for matching packages in a flexible manner, dselect-like persistence of user actions, the ability to retrieve and...
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aptitude Features
1. Lightweightaptitude consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. Ad-freeaptitude doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
3. Command line interfaceaptitude either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
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Synaptic

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Advanced Package Tool

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aptitude

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