NAME

       synaptic - graphical management of software packages

SYNOPSIS

       synaptic [options]

DESCRIPTION

       Synaptic  is a frontend for the apt package managent system.  It allows you to perform all actions of the
       command line tool apt-get in a graphical environment. This includes  installing,  upgrading,  downgrading
       and removing of single packages or even upgrading your whole system.

       A manual with detailed instructions can be found in the help menu of Synaptic.

OPTIONS

       Synaptic accepts all of the standard GTK toolkit command line options as well as the following:

       -f, --filter-file=filename
              specify an alternative filter settings file

       -i, --initial-filter=int
              apply the filter with number int at startup

       -o, --option=option
              set an internal option (experts only)

AUTHORS

       Synaptic  was  originally  developed  by  Alfredo  K. Kojima <kojima@conectiva.com.br>. His last official
       release was 0.16. Michael Vogt <mvo@debian.org> took over his CVS version, that already included a nearly
       complete port to GTK. Michael completed the port and added new features. See the NEWS file for  the  user
       visible  changes  from that point on. Conectiva is still involved in the development of synaptic. Gustavo
       Niemeyer <niemeyer@conectiva.com> is doing a great deal of work.

       All development is done at https://github.com/mvo5/synaptic

       This  manual  page  was  originally  written  by  Wybo  Dekker  <wybo@servalys.nl>   and   Michael   Vogt
       <mvo@debian.org> and modified by Sebastian Heinlein <sebastian.heinlein@campus.lmu.de>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright  (C)  2001-2004 Conectiva S/A

       Copyright  (C)  2002-2025 Michael Vogt

       There  is  NO  warranty.  You may redistribute this software under the terms of  the  GNU General  Public
       License.  For more information about these matters, see the files named COPYING.

                                                  Jan 24, 2025                                       SYNAPTIC(8)