Project Summary
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.
* Download the latest changelog of a package.
* Lock packages to the current version.
* Force the installation of a specifc package version.
* Undo/Redo of selections.
In a Nutshell, Synaptic Package Manager...
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by a small development team
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took an estimated 11 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in February, 2003
ending with its most recent commit 9 months ago
Quick Reference
GNU General Public License v2.0 or later
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