Synaptic (software)
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 Synaptic 0.81 on Linux Mint |
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| Maintainer | Gustavo Niemeyer, Michael Vogt |
| developer | Conectiva |
| Publishing year | 2001 |
| Current version | 0.84.2 (March 9, 2017) |
| operating system | GNU / Linux and other Unixoid systems based on APT |
| programming language | C , C ++ and Python |
| category | Package management interface |
| License | GPL |
| German speaking | Yes |
| wiki.debian.org/Synaptic | |
Synaptic is a GTK + based graphical user interface (GUI) for the Advanced Packaging Tool (APT), the package manager for Debian and Debian based Linux distributions . Synaptic is made to manage Debian packages , but can also handle RPM packages. It is used to install, uninstall and to import updates of installed software packages from repositories that are also managed as sources.
Functions
- Install, remove, upgrade and downgrade single and multiple packages
- System-wide upgrade
- Utility to search for packages
- Manage repositories as the source of packages
- Search for packages by name, description, and other attributes
- Packages by status, selection, name and self-set filter
- Sort packages by name, status, size or version
- View available online documentation for the packages
- Download the change log of the latest version of a package
- Keep a package on the current version
- Forcing a certain version when installing the package
- Undo and redo selections
- Built-in terminal emulator for package management
- Allows the creation of download scripts
Further functionality:
- Configure packages via the debconf system
- Use Xapian's quick search
- Show screenshots from screenshots.debian.net of the package
application
The Package Manager allows users to install, update or uninstall software packages. This interface provides for first selecting the packages and the operations on them. After an automatic dependency check and identification of conflicts in packages with identical functions, the changes can be made.
history
The development of Synaptic was financed by Conectiva and had employed their colleague Alfredo Kojima to program a graphical user interface for the APT, which was continued with the creation of apt-rpm , an interface that enables APT to use the RPM Package Manager . Synaptic uses the GTK + GUI toolkit .
With the Debian-based Linux distribution Ubuntu , Synaptic from version 11.10 is no longer installed by default, but can be installed later.
Forks
Although Debian uses the Gnome desktop environment by default , Synaptic can be operated in the K Desktop Environment (KDE). Kynaptic was a discontinued fork by Synaptic for KDE, its successor is Adept and its successor was K PackageKit .
Web links
- Old Synaptic website. January 7, 2009, accessed February 1, 2016 .
- Synaptic in the Debian Package Tracking System. Retrieved February 1, 2016 .
- Synaptic. ubuntuusers Wiki, accessed February 1, 2016 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Synaptic source code at Launchpad. Retrieved May 19, 2017 .
- ↑ Michael Kofler : Linux 2011 . Addison-Wesley Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-8273-3025-3 , pp. 536 ff .
- ↑ Description of Synaptic in Ubuntu. Retrieved February 1, 2016 .