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[SOLVED] Ok, duh, how do I remove/downgrade foreign packages now that synaptic is gone? (lemmy.ml)

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[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 4 points 2 days ago

It's no longer a dependency of Mint's Software Manager, so it's not "needed" in the way it used to be, but if you need to use it for its own features (which it sounds like you do), you can just install it again anyway.

Either use the Software Manager or

Sudo apt install synaptic