[HowTo] Fix Synaptic Package Manager not opening

dummy@example.com (joser) — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 01:33:39 +0000

#Symptom: It just exits without any error message right after enter your password.

#Execute to verify the issue:
exo-open /usr/share/applications/synaptic.desktop

#Result should be:
Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified

Failed to initialize GTK.

Probably you're running Synaptic on Wayland with root permission.
Please restart your session without Wayland, or run Synaptic without root permission

#Then Solution is:
rm .Xauthority
touch .Xauthority
chmod 600 .Xauthority
xauth generate $DISPLAY . trusted

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[HowTo] Fix Synaptic Package Manager not opening