Software:Synaptic
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Screenshot  Synaptic 0.90.2 on Linux Mint | |
| Original author(s) | Alfredo Kojima, Gustavo Niemeyer and Michael Vogt |
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| Developer(s) | Canonical Ltd |
| Initial release | November 13, 2001 |
| Stable release | 0.91.3
/ February 11, 2023 |
| Written in | C, C++, Python |
| Operating system | Debian and derivatives |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Package manager |
| License | GNU GPLv2[1] |
| Website | {{{1}}} |
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.
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.
See also
- Aptitude, an ncurses interface for APT
- Debian
- Kali Linux
- Tails
- FreeBSD
- OpenBSD
- NetBSD
- GNOME Software
- PackageKit
References
- ↑ "COPYING". https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~synaptic-developers/synaptic/trunk/view/head:/COPYING.
- ↑ García, Joaquín (2013-03-17). "Synaptic, un gestor debianita en Ubuntu" (in es). https://ubunlog.com/synaptic-un-gestor-debianita-en-ubuntu/. "¿Qué es Synaptic? Synaptic es un gestor de paquetes, de programas visual, es decir, que cuenta con una interfaz e instalamos a golpe de click en vez de escribir como hacemos en la terminal."
- ↑ "Synaptic Package Manager Review". https://www.softpedia.com/reviews/linux/Synaptic-Package-Manager-55512.shtml. "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."
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