How To Install synaptic 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 synaptic on Ubuntu.

What is `synaptic`

synaptic is:

Synaptic is a graphical package management tool based on GTK+ and APT. Synaptic enables you to install, upgrade and remove software packages in a user friendly way.

Besides these basic functions the following features are provided:

Search and filter the list of available packages
Perform smart system upgrades
Fix broken package dependencies
Edit the list of used repositories (sources.list)
Download the latest changelog of a package
Configure packages through the debconf system
Browse all available documentation related to a package (dwww is required)

There are three methods to install synaptic 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 synaptic Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install synaptic

Install synaptic Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install synaptic

Install synaptic 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 synaptic using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install synaptic

How To Uninstall synaptic on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove synaptic

Uninstall synaptic And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove synaptic

Remove synaptic Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge synaptic

Remove synaptic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge synaptic

Dependencies

synaptic have the following dependencies:

References

synaptic website

Summary

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