---
name: "software-properties-gtk"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "software-properties-gtk"
version: "0.60.debian-3"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/software-properties-gtk/8"
---

# software-properties-gtk(8)

a repository manager, GTK+ front end

## NAME

software-properties-gtk - a repository manager, GTK+ front end

## SYNOPSIS

**software-properties-gtk** \[*OPTIONS...*\]

## DESCRIPTION

Software Properties is a program for managing software repositories  you install software from. It provides an abstraction of the used apt  repositories, allowing managing distribution and independent software  vendor software sources easily.

software-properties-gtk is a GTK+ front end for the repository management.

## OPTIONS

- **-h**, **--help**

  show help message and exit

- **-d**, **--debug**

  print some debug information to the command line

- **-m**, **--massive-debug**

  print a lot of debug information to the command line

- **-n**, **--no-update**

  no update on repository change (useful if called from an external program)

- **-t TOPLEVEL**, **--toplevel=TOPLEVEL**

  set x-window-id of the toplevel parent for the dialog (useful for embedding)

- **-e ENABLE\_COMPONENT**, **--enable-component=ENABLE\_COMPONENT**

  enable the specified component of the distribution's repositories

## AUTHORS

**software-properties-gtk** is written by Michiel Sikkes \<michiel@eyesopened.nl\>, Michael Vogt \<michael.vogt@ubuntu.com\>, Sebastian Heinlein \<glatzor@ubuntu.com\> and Jonathan Riddell \<jriddell@ubuntu.com\>.

This manual page was written by Timo Jyrinki \<timo.jyrinki@iki.fi\>, for  the Debian project (but may be used by others).

## SEE ALSO

[software-properties-kde(8)](/software-properties-kde/8.md)