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Synaptic Package Manager

What is Synaptic Package Manager?

Synaptic Package Manager is a graphical front-end for the Ubuntu package management system 'apt'. Synaptic brings a very user friendly software management environment combining the power of 'apt' and the simplicity in usage of graphical user interface. Using Synaptic user can install, remove, configure, or upgrade software packages, browse, sort and search the list of available software packages, manage repositories, or upgrade the whole system. And also can queue up a number of actions before executing them. Synaptic will inform the user about dependencies (additional packages required by the software package you have chosen) as well as conflicts with other packages that are already installed on the system. 



How to get Synaptic Package Manager?

Synaptic Package Manager can be installed from both terminal and from Ubuntu Software Center very easily.
1. To Install it from Terminal:
      Open Terminal and type "sudo apt-get install synaptic"
2. To install it from Software Center:
      i. Search for Synaptic or Synaptic Package Manager
      ii. And install the Synaptic Package Manager


For more information on how to use Synaptic Package Manager, you can refer to the Ubuntu Official Documentation.

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