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Screenshot  Synaptic onDebian Trixie | |
| Original authors | Alfredo Kojima, Gustavo Niemeyer and Michael Vogt |
| Developer | Canonical Ltd |
| Initial release | November 13, 2001; 24 years ago (2001-11-13)[1] |
| Stable release | 0.91.5 / January 26, 2025; 12 months ago (2025-01-26) |
| Written in | C,C++,Python |
| Operating system | Debian and derivatives |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Package manager |
| License | GNU GPLv2[2] |
| Website | github |
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Synaptic is aGTK-basedgraphical user interface designed for theAPTpackage manager used by theDebianLinux distribution and its derivatives.[3] Synaptic is usually used on systems based ondeb packages but can also be used on systems based onRPM packages. It can be used to install, remove and upgrade software packages and to addrepositories.
Synaptic is a lightweight package manager that enables the user to install, upgrade or remove software packages.[4] 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.[5][6]
Synaptic development was funded by the Brazilian companyConectiva,[7] 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.
¿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.
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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