How to Install and Uninstall synaptic Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "synaptic" package

This is a short guide on how to install synaptic on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Learn how to uninstall synaptic on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: synaptic
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 6946
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Michael Vogt
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.83
Depends: libapt-inst2.0 (>= 0.8.16~exp12), libapt-pkg5.0 (>= 1.1~exp9), libc6 (>= 2.14), libept1.5.0, libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.14.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.3.16), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libvte-2.91-0, libx11-6, libxapian22v5, hicolor-icon-theme
Recommends: gksu | kdebase-bin | policykit-1, libgtk2-perl (>= 1:1.130), rarian-compat, xdg-utils
Suggests: dwww, menu, deborphan, apt-xapian-index, tasksel, software-properties-gtk
Conflicts: menu (<< 2.1.11)
Filename: pool/universe/s/synaptic/synaptic_0.83_amd64.deb
Size: 1353658
MD5sum: 9ad3fedc28d2f50bd45ec40496e31514
SHA1: b0d77a12a44e9b245e6cee177a905fa997f5ced0
SHA256: f8ceee6b8036b49a7339641a4d9afb74818e83d1174a318c15a9201bd177c6f7
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
Homepage: http://www.nongnu.org/synaptic/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 3y
Task: lubuntu-desktop