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Synaptic
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Synaptic is a graphical package management program for apt. It
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provides the same features as the apt-get command-line utility with a
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GUI front-end based on GTK+ or WINGs.
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Synaptic was developed by Alfredo K. Kojima <kojima@conectiva.com.br>
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from Connectiva. His last offical released was 0.16. I took over his
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CVS version, where he added a nearly complete port to GTK+. I
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completed the port and add some new features. See the NEWS file for
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the user visible changes from that point on. Connectiva is still
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supporting the development of synaptic. Gustavo Niemeyer
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<niemeyer@conectiva.com> is a active developer of synaptic.
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If you want to use synaptic from the GNOME menu, you should use pkexec
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(default) to obtain root privileges.
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Synaptic can display a "Pkg Help" button on Debian systems. If you have
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installed and configured dwww, a help will be display and if you click
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on it, a browser is opened.
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It is also possible on Debian systems to reconfigure debconf packages.
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This is done with the help of libgnome2-perl that needs to be installed.
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On a Debian system, you can have more than one "release" in your
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sources.list file. You can choose which one to use in the "expert" tab
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in the preferences dialog.
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All development is done at https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/synaptic
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Tutorial:
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Synaptic is used very much like apt-get. Usually you do a
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"update" which will update the package list from the servers in your
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sources.list file. Note that no packages are updated in this step,
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only information about the packages. Now you can view what packages
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are "upgradeable". To do this, just click on the filter "Upgradeable".
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The main list will change and you will see only those packages where
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a new version is available on the server. You can now upgrade
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inidiviual packages by selecting them and then clicking on the small
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"upgrade" button on the left (or double click in the gtk-version) or
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thos to upgrade all packages by clicking on the big "Upgrade" button
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on the top. No packages will downloaded/upgraded yet, they are only
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marked as to be upgraded. You may want to change the filter again to
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"Expected Changes" to see what will happen if you continue. If you
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like what you see, click "Proceed!" and synaptic will download the
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packages and install them.
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Filters:
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--------
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Synaptic display the main package list according to the filter you
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selected. The most simple filter is of course "All packages". But
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there are much more filters than that :) You can view the predefiend
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filters and make your own filters by clicking on "Filters" above the
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main package list.
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Keybindings:
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From version 0.20 on, the GTK has some global keybings:
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* Alt-K keep
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* Alt-I install
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* Alt-R remove
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* Alt-U Update individual package
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* Alt-L Update Package List
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* Alt-G upgrade
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* Alt-D DistUpgrade
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* Alt-P proceed
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* Ctrl-F find
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Command line options:
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From version 0.25 on, synaptic supports the following command-line options:
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'-f <filename>' or "--filter-file <filename>" = give a alternative filter file
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'-i <int>' or "--initial-filter <int>" = start with filter nr. <int>
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'-r' = open repository screen on startup
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'-o <option>' or "--option <option>" = set a synaptic/apt option (expert only)
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'--set-selections' = feed packages inside synaptic (format is like
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dpkg --get-selections)
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'--non-interactive' = non-interactive mode (this will also prevent saving
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of configuration options)
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Selecting Multiple Packages
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From 0.25 on, you can select more than one package at a time. You have to
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use Shift or Ctrl to select multiple packages. If you click on a action
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(install/upgrade/remove) for multiple packages, the action will be performed
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for each package (as you probably already guessed (: ).
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Contacting me
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If you have any questions, suggestions or bugreports, send a email
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to synaptic-devel@mail.freesoftware.fsf.org or directly to me (mvo@debian.org).
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Have fun with synaptic,
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Michael Vogt
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