Synaptic is a package manager with a complete GUI interface and no command line capability. Itoffers most of the capabilities of aptitude along with many of the repository handling features of dseleet. Uke the menu-based dselect and aptitude utilities, it provides a software list divided into sections of interest, such as databases, development, editors, and many more, which allow an administrator to browse available software more effectively. It also has search functions which allow easy discovery of packages for specific purposes.
Best practices are as follows:
- For general use -Synaptic
- For automated installation -APr
- For dependency resolution in difficult cases -aptitude
