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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
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type="topic" style="task"
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id="addremove-install-synaptic">
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<name>Ubuntu Documentation Team</name>
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<credit type="editor">
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<name>Greg Beam</name>
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<email>ki7mt@yahoo.com</email>
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<link type="guide" xref="addremove"/>
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<revision pkgversion="0.80.4" version="0" date="2014-01-11" status="review"/>
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<revision version="14.04" date="2014-01-08" status="review"/>
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<link href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/">
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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 (CC BY-SA 3.0)</link>.
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Synaptic is a powerful but complicated software management alternative to
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Ubuntu Software Center.
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Use Synaptic for more advanced software management
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<app>Synaptic Package Manager</app> is more powerful and can do some
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software management tasks which <app>Ubuntu Software Center</app> can't.
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Synaptic's interface is more complicated and doesn't support newer Software
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Center features like ratings and reviews and therefore isn't recommended for
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use by those new to Ubuntu.
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Synaptic isn't installed by default, but you can <link
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href="apt:synaptic">install</link> it with Software Center.
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<section id="install-software-with-synaptic">
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Install software with Synaptic
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Open Synaptic from the <gui>Dash</gui> or the <gui>Launcher</gui>. You
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will need to enter your password in the <gui>Authenticate</gui> window.
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Click <gui>Search</gui> to search for an application, or click
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<gui>Sections</gui> and look through the categories to find one.
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Right-click the application that you want to install and select
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<gui>Mark for Installation</gui>.
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If you are asked to mark additional changes, click <gui>Mark</gui>.
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Select any other applications that you would like to install.
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Click <gui>Apply</gui>, and then click <gui>Apply</gui> in the window
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that appears. The applications that you chose will be downloaded and
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For more information about using <app>Synaptic</app>, consult the <link
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href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticHowto">Synaptic How To</link>.