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      id="addremove-install-synaptic">

  <info>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Ubuntu Documentation Team</name>
    </credit>

		<credit type="editor">
      <name>Greg Beam</name>
      <email>ki7mt@yahoo.com</email>
    </credit>

    <link type="guide" xref="addremove"/>
    <revision pkgversion="0.80.4" version="0" date="2014-01-11" status="review"/>
                <revision version="18.04" date="2018-03-18" status="review"/>
                <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>

    <desc>
      Synaptic is a powerful but complicated software management alternative to 
      <app>Ubuntu Software</app>.
    </desc>
  </info>

  <title>
    Use Synaptic for more advanced software management
  </title>

  <p>
    <app>Synaptic Package Manager</app> is more powerful and can do some 
    software management tasks which <app>Ubuntu Software</app> can't. 
    Synaptic's interface is more complicated and doesn't support newer
    <app>Ubuntu Software</app> features like ratings and reviews and therefore
    isn't recommended for use by those new to Ubuntu.
  </p>

  <p>
    Synaptic isn't installed by default, but you can <link 
    href="apt:synaptic">install</link> it from the Ubuntu package archive.
  </p>

  <section id="install-software-with-synaptic">
    <title>
      Install software with Synaptic
    </title>
    <steps>
      <item>
        <p>
          Open <app>Synaptic</app> via the <em>Activities</em> search bar. You 
          will need to enter your password in the <gui>Authenticate</gui> window.
        </p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p>
          Click <gui>Search</gui> to search for an application, or click 
          <gui>Sections</gui> and look through the categories to find one.
        </p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p>
          Right-click the application that you want to install and select 
          <gui>Mark for Installation</gui>.
        </p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p>
          If you are asked to mark additional changes, click <gui>Mark</gui>.
        </p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p>
          Select any other applications that you would like to install.
        </p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p>
          Click <gui>Apply</gui>, and then click <gui>Apply</gui> in the window 
          that appears. The applications that you chose will be downloaded and 
          installed.
        </p>
      </item>
    </steps>

    <p>
      For more information about using <app>Synaptic</app>, consult the <link 
      href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticHowto">Synaptic How To</link>.
    </p>

  </section>

</page>