synaptic - graphical management of software packages
synaptic [options]
Synaptic is a frontend for the apt package managent system. It allows you to
perform all actions of the command line tool apt-get in a graphical
environment. This includes installing, upgrading, downgrading and removing of
single packages or even upgrading your whole system.
A manual with detailed instructions can be found in the help menu of Synaptic.
Synaptic accepts all of the standard Gtk+ toolkit command line options as well
as the following:
-
-f, --filter-file=filename
- specify an alternative filter settings file
-
-i, --initial-filter=int
- apply the filter with number int at startup
-
-o, --option=option
- set an internal option (experts only)
Synaptic was originally developed by Alfredo K. Kojima
<
[email protected]>. His last official release was 0.16. Michael
Vogt <
[email protected]> took over his CVS version, that already included a
nearly complete port to Gtk+. Michael completed the port and added new
features. See the
NEWS file for the user visible changes from that
point on. Conectiva is still involved in the development of synaptic. Gustavo
Niemeyer <
[email protected]> is doing a great deal of work.
All development is done at
http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/synaptic
This manual page was originally written by Wybo Dekker <
[email protected]>
and Michael Vogt <
[email protected]> and modified by Sebastian Heinlein
<
[email protected]>.
Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Conectiva S/A
Copyright (C) 2002-2004 Michael Vogt
There is NO warranty. You may redistribute this software under the terms of the
GNU General Public License. For more information about these matters, see the
files named COPYING.