How to Install and Uninstall synaptic Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: November 22,2024

You can also install and uninstall the synaptic on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
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1. Install "synaptic" package

This is a short guide on how to install synaptic on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall synaptic on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the synaptic package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: synaptic
Version: 0.91.3
Installed-Size: 7627
Maintainer: Michael Vogt
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libapt-pkg6.0 (>= 1.9.0), libc6 (>= 2.34), libept1.6.0 (>= 1.2.1), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.14.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.21.5), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libstdc++6 (>= 11), libvte-2.91-0 (>= 0.49.92), libxapian30 (>= 1.4.19~), hicolor-icon-theme, polkitd | policykit-1, pkexec | policykit-1
Recommends: libgtk3-perl, xdg-utils
Suggests: dwww, deborphan, apt-xapian-index, tasksel, software-properties-gtk
Description: Graphical package manager
Description-md5: d4fb8e90c9684f1113e56123c017d85f
Homepage: https://github.com/mvo5/synaptic/wiki
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_0.91.3_amd64.deb
Size: 2062496
MD5sum: 0e4163f5a2677a9446d345334a9926e1
SHA256: e35be88cf6594ef058d85acdfbb3216d735939bf32ce99b63d7cb455ef4ed628