Synaptic is a graphical package management program for apt.

Synaptic is a graphical package management program for apt. The project provides the same features as the apt-get command line utility with a GUI front-end based on Gtk .

Here are some key features of "Synaptic":

· Install, remove, upgrade and downgrade single and multiple packages.
· Upgrade your whole system.
· Manage package repositories (sources.list).
· Find packages by name, description and several other attributes.
· Select packages by status, section, name or a custom filter.
· Sort packages by name, status, size or version.
· Browse all available online documentation related to a package.
· Download the latest changelog of a package.
· Lock packages to the current version.
· Force the installation of a specifc package version.
· Undo/Redo of selections.
· Built-in terminal emulator for the package manager.
· Debian only: Configure packages through the debconf system.