How to Install and Uninstall synaptic Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: November 25,2024

1. Install "synaptic" package

Learn how to install synaptic on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: synaptic
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.84.6ubuntu5
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Michael Vogt
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3300
Depends: libapt-pkg6.0 (>= 1.9.0), libc6 (>= 2.14), libept1.6.0, libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.14.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.11.7), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libvte-2.91-0, libxapian30 (>= 1.4.14~), hicolor-icon-theme, policykit-1
Recommends: libgtk3-perl, xdg-utils
Suggests: dwww, menu, deborphan, apt-xapian-index, tasksel, software-properties-gtk
Conflicts: menu (<< 2.1.11)
Filename: pool/universe/s/synaptic/synaptic_0.84.6ubuntu5_amd64.deb
Size: 621540
MD5sum: 9625071de306e019e8099a76df31fc71
SHA1: cd3ebb0d133a3d4ccf93da73176ed1091b4bc2c8
SHA256: 7190ff981781d558ecd44f62f10fd88190a6c1c98b6df2a3fe3e6641dfbfb6ba
SHA512: 873398826c8ed36294d7b545f0f7095efcc6360f190da6a25637eb1cbce9126a99e278947745970c6119470184a68a0a4b3f20577178f27cab96888d31bf56f4
Homepage: http://www.nongnu.org/synaptic/
Description-en: Graphical package manager
Synaptic is a graphical package management tool based on GTK+ and APT.
Synaptic enables you to install, upgrade and remove software packages in
a user friendly way.
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Besides these basic functions the following features are provided:
* Search and filter the list of available packages
* Perform smart system upgrades
* Fix broken package dependencies
* Edit the list of used repositories (sources.list)
* Download the latest changelog of a package
* Configure packages through the debconf system
* Browse all available documentation related to a package (dwww is required)
Description-md5: d4fb8e90c9684f1113e56123c017d85f