Synaptic
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Synaptic, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
The facts
Each one read from Synaptic's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Architecture support
- The Debian package page lists builds for amd64, arm64, armel, armhf, i386, ppc64el, riscv64, and s390x.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Build requirements
- The project’s installation instructions list GTK 3, libapt-pkg development headers, polkit, Meson, Ninja, and a C++17 compiler as requirements.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Contributors
- The credits page names Alfredo K. Kojima as the original author and Michael Vogt and Gustavo Niemeyer as maintainers.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Debian and Ubuntu features
- On Debian and Ubuntu, it can configure packages through debconf and offers Xapian-based fast search and screenshots from screenshots.debian.net.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Dependencies
- It can fix broken package dependencies.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Dependency resolution
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Documentation
- It can browse documentation related to a package when dwww is installed.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Documentation and changelogs
- It can browse online package documentation and download a package's latest changelog.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Downloads
- The site directs users to Savannah for source code and Debian binaries, and says Debian packages are available in unstable and testing.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Extensions
- The build option for the extension system is named scripts and is disabled by default.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Integration
- The build instructions list Launchpad support as an integration option that is disabled by default.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Optional components
- The build instructions list VTE for the built-in terminal and Xapian for the quick search filter as optional dependencies.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Other tools
- It supports undo and redo of selections and includes a built-in terminal emulator for the package manager.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Package actions
- It can install, remove, upgrade, and downgrade single or multiple packages, and upgrade the whole system.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Package details
- It can download a package’s latest changelog and configure packages through the debconf system.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Package formats
- Debian packages (.deb)checked 22 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- Synaptic is a graphical package management tool based on GTK and APT for installing, upgrading, and removing software packages.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Repositories
- It can edit the list of software repositories in sources.list.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Search
- It can search and filter the list of available packages.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Search and filters
- It can find packages by name, description, and other attributes, and select packages using status, section, name, or custom filters.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- The project’s contribution page invites feedback, bug reports, and feature requests through its mailing list or directly to the authors.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Upgrades
- It supports smart system upgrades.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Supported platforms
- Linux (Debian)checked 22 Sep 2026
