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Brief Guide to Working with Synaptic

Synaptic is a graphical interface for the APT package management program. With Synaptic, you can manage package sources (repositories), get information about available packages, install/remove/update packages, and perform keyword searches among available packages.

Running

You can run Synaptic:

from menu of you desktop environment:
- Mate: MATE menu ▷ Applications ▷ Preferences ▷ Synaptic Package Manager;
- KDE: Applicaton Menu ▷ Settings ▷ Synaptic (Package Manager);
- Xfce: Applications ▷ Settings ▷ Package Manager;

from terminal:
```
$ synaptic
```

Before starting, the program will ask you to enter the superuser password:

Synaptic — superuser password request

Immediately after starting, the program window looks like this:

Synaptic — window after starting

On the right side of the program, there is a list of programs with their current status indicated. When you select a package from the list, information and a description about it are displayed at the bottom.