Synaptic Feature

Supported by Software Center

Browse packages by category

Install/remove single and multiple packages

Upgrade/downgrade single and multiple packages

Upgrade your whole system

Manage package repositories (sources.list)

Search: Find packages by name, description and several other attributes

Select packages by status, section, name or a custom filter

n/a

Sort packages by name

Sort packages by installation status

Sort packages by size

Sort packages by version

Browse all available online documentation related to a package

Download and view the latest changelog of a package

View installed files for a given package

Lock packages to the current version

Force the installation of a specific package version

Built-in terminal emulator for the package manager

Xapian-based fast search

View package screenshot from screenshots.debian.net

History view of installed, removed and updated packages

View local installed packages

Ability to fix broken packages