How To Install synapse on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install synapse on Ubuntu.

What is `synapse`

synapse is:

Synapse is a graphical launcher enabling you to start applications and also to quickly find and access relevant documents and files (by making use of the Zeitgeist engine).

There are three methods to install synapse on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install synapse Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install synapse using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install synapse

Install synapse Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install synapse using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install synapse

Install synapse Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install synapse using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install synapse

How To Uninstall synapse on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the synapse package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove synapse

Uninstall synapse And Its Dependencies

To uninstall synapse and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove synapse

Remove synapse Configurations and Data

To remove synapse configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge synapse

Remove synapse configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove synapse configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge synapse

Dependencies

synapse have the following dependencies:

References

synapse website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install synapse package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.