dpkg question

Derek Neighbors plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
Mon, 30 Apr 2001 14:47:35 -0500 (CDT)


> apt-cache search <regex>
> 	Searched through the package lists on the local machine for said
> regex.

Sometimes the search doenst find things, I find at times 

apt-cache pkgnames | grep <whatever> sometimes finds things better, but
search is definitely the debian recommend way.

Derek