Upgrading Applications via Synaptic

As I mentioned, you can also use Synaptic to upgrade applications installed in your system. To do this, click the Status button in the bottom-right corner of the Synaptic window. In the pane above that button, then click the entry Installed (upgradable), after which a list of the installed applications with available upgrades will appear in the upper-right pane. Right-click any application listed there that you would like to upgrade, and select Mark for Upgrade in the popup menu that then appears. Repeat the right-click procedure for any other application you want to upgrade, then click the Apply button. The procedure from then on out will be the same as that for installing packages.

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