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pkgsrc vs Synaptic

A side-by-side look at pkgsrc and Synaptic. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

pkgsrc

pkgsrc

Development

pkgsrc is a portable packaging system for Unix-like operating systems. It provides over 12,000 software packages, is used on various platforms, and focuses on providing software that is up to date and consistent across systems.

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Synaptic

Synaptic

Os & Utilities

Synaptic is a graphical package management program for apt. It provides an easy-to-use interface for finding, installing, upgrading and removing software packages on Debian and Ubuntu Linux systems.

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