Synaptic
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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+.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Linux
- Debian
- Xfce
Features
Properties
- Lightweight
- Privacy focused
Features
- PPA
- Graphical User Interface
- Integrated Search
- Ad-free
- Dark Mode
- No registration required
- No Tracking
- Filter search results
- Package Manager
- Software Installer
Tags
- apt-frontend
- setup
- package
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What is 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+.
- Install, remove, upgrade and downgrade single and multiple packages.
- Upgrade your whole system.
- 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.
- Browse all available online documentation related to a package.
Synaptic information
Developed by
Daniel PaarmannLicensing
Open Source (GPL-2.0) and Free product.Written in
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Comments and Reviews
Best package manager for Debian and Ubuntu with UI. Intuitive package markers, quick search, the ability to add/remove/disable repositories. I recommend
Simple to use, maybe lacks little icons to represent the software. I miss it on windows, just installing 1000+ packages in a single time on a fresh install is impossible on windows. One click update is awesome. Also the search possibility is easy.
Multiple PPA support Can force specific version Autoremove
KISS but still usable for unexperienced Users
I use this a lot, because I am on Ubuntu. Even though there is an Add/Remove program utility, this usually has more and I can find things easier in it. If something is not in the list of programs I just add or update my repository.