synaptic (8)

NAME

       synaptic

SYNOPSIS

       synaptic [options]

DESCRIPTION

       Synaptic  is  a graphical frontend for apt.  Synaptic is used very much
       like apt-get. Usually you do an `update' which will update the  package
       list  from the servers in your sources.list file. Note that no packages
       are updated in this step, only information about the packages. Now  you
       can  view what packages are `upgradable'. To do this, just click on the
       filter `Upgradable'.  The main list will change and you will  see  only
       those  packages where a new version is available on the server. You can
       now upgrade individual packages by selecting them and then clicking  on
       the small `upgrade' button on the left (or double click in the gtk-ver-
       sion) or choose  to  upgrade  all  packages  by  clicking  on  the  big
       `Upgrade'  button on the top. No packages will downloaded/upgraded yet,
       they are only marked as to be upgraded. You may want to change the fil-
       ter  again  to  `Expected  Changes' to see what will happen if you con-
       tinue. If you like what you see, click  `Proceed!'  and  synaptic  will
       download the packages and install them.

       Difference between `Upgrade all' and `DistUpgrade'
              The  difference between `Upgrade all' and `DistUpgrade' is small
              but important. `Upgrade  all'  means:  Mark  packages  that  are
              upgradable  for  upgrade,  except  those  with new dependencies.
              Under no circumstances are currently installed packages removed,
              or packages not already installed retrieved and installed.

              `DistUpgrade',   in  addition  to  performing  the  function  of
              `Upgrade all', also intelligently handles changing  dependencies
              with  new versions of packages and uses a smart conflict resolu-
              tion system if necessary.

              Usually you only need `DistUpgrade' if you upgrade between major
              versions of your distribution.

       Selecting Multiple Packages
              You  can select more than one package at a time. You have to use
              SHIFT or CTRL to select multiple packages. If  you  click  on  a
              action   (install/upgrade/remove)  for  multiple  packages,  the
              action will be performed  for  each  package  (as  you  probably
              already guessed (: ).

       Keybindings
              The gtk has some global keybindings:
              CTRL-k keep
              CTRL-i install
              CTRL-r remove
              CTRL-s search
              ages'.  But  there are much more filters than that. You can view
              the predefined filters and make your own filters by clicking  on
              `Filters' above the main package list.

OPTIONS

       Synaptic recognizes the standard X options as well as the following:

       -f, --filter-file=filename
              give a alternative filter file

       -i, --initial-filter=int
              start with filter nr. int

       -o, --option=option
              set a synaptic/apt option (expert only)

AUTHORS

       Synaptic  was developed by Alfredo K. Kojima <kojima@conectiva.com.br>.
       His last official release was 0.16. Michael Vogt <mvo@debian.org>  took
       over  his  CVS  version,  where Alfredo added a nearly complete port to
       Gtk+. Michael completed the port and added some new features.  See  the
       NEWS file for the user visible changes from that point on.

       All development is done at http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/synaptic

       This  manual  page  was  written  by Wybo Dekker <wybo@servalys.nl> and
       Michael Vogt <mvo@debian.org>.

                                 Jun 10, 2003                      synaptic(8)