Synaptic Package Manager
Synaptic is a computer program which is a
GTK+ front-end to the Advanced Packaging Tool for the
Debian package management system. Synaptic is usually used on systems based on deb packages but can also be used on systems based on
RPM packages.
Synaptic development was funded by Conectiva, that asked Alfredo Kojima, then an employee, to write a graphical frontend for apt, continuing the work initiated with the creation of the apt rpm backend, apt-rpm, eventually it became used in Conectiva's install process. Gustavo Niemeyer also worked on it, while working for Conectiva.
Encyclopedia
- The word synaptic also refers to the synapse in neuroanatomy.
Synaptic is a computer program which is a
GTK+ front-end to the Advanced Packaging Tool for the
Debian package management system. Synaptic is usually used on systems based on deb packages but can also be used on systems based on
RPM packages.
Synaptic development was funded by Conectiva, that asked Alfredo Kojima, then an employee, to write a graphical frontend for apt, continuing the work initiated with the creation of the apt rpm backend, apt-rpm, eventually it became used in Conectiva's install process. Gustavo Niemeyer also worked on it, while working for Conectiva. It is now maintained by Michael Vogt.
See also
External links
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- [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SynapticHowto Ubuntu Synaptic How-To] page