How to Install and Uninstall synaptic Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "synaptic" package

This is a short guide on how to install synaptic on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                synaptic
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "synaptic" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall synaptic on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                synaptic
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the synaptic package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: synaptic
Version: 0.84.6
Installed-Size: 7811
Maintainer: Michael Vogt
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libapt-inst2.0 (>= 0.8.16~exp12), libapt-pkg5.0 (>= 1.1~exp9), libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4), libc6 (>= 2.14), libcairo-gobject2 (>= 1.10.0), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libept1.5.0, libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0), libgnutls30 (>= 3.6.5), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.11.7), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libpcre2-8-0 (>= 10.32), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libvte-2.91-0, libx11-6, libxapian30 (>= 1.4.11~), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), hicolor-icon-theme, policykit-1, zenity
Recommends: libgtk2-perl (>= 1:1.130), xdg-utils
Suggests: dwww, menu, deborphan, apt-xapian-index, tasksel, software-properties-gtk
Conflicts: menu (<< 2.1.11)
Description: Graphical package manager
Description-md5: d4fb8e90c9684f1113e56123c017d85f
Homepage: http://www.nongnu.org/synaptic/
Tag: admin::package-management, implemented-in::c++, interface::graphical,
interface::x11, role::program, scope::application, suite::debian,
uitoolkit::gtk, works-with::software:package, x11::application
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/synaptic/synaptic_0.84.6_amd64.deb
Size: 2082476
MD5sum: c184cec03f05fab8d4bc9bb3742a1c7d
SHA256: 9dcd660c0f0de8bf2b3c5c869c85a923fd57f2dc26af7ed70c6c92340b30348a