One of the most useful features of Synaptic is the search bar. The right panel displays information about the selected package, including its name, description, and version.

The middle panel displays the packages within a selected category. The left panel displays a list of categories of packages, such as administration, developer, games, and more. The main window of Synaptic is divided into several sections. To install it, simply open the terminal and run the following command: Synaptic Package Manager is available in the official repositories of most Debian-based distributions. Synaptic is designed to make package management as simple and straightforward as possible, with features such as a search bar, package information, and the ability to filter packages based on different criteria. It provides an easy-to-use interface to manage software packages on Debian-based systems. Synaptic Package Manager is a graphical front-end for the DPKG package management system. In this article, we’ll take a look at one of the front-ends of DPKG, Synaptic Package Manager, and how it can make managing software packages easier. The package manager is responsible for managing the installation, removal, and upgrade of software packages.

DPKG, also known as Debian Package Manager, is a package management system used in Debian and Debian-based Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and others.

Debian package manager