Most use
apt-cache search someexpression
I am strange and like
apt-cache pkgnames | grep someexpression
Some other commands for cache:
add - Add an package file to the source cache
gencaches - Build both the package and source cache
showpkg - Show some general information for a single package
stats - Show some basic statistics dump - Show the entire file in a terse
form
dumpavail - Print an available file to stdout unmet - Show unmet
dependencies
check - Check the cache a bit
search - Search the package list for a regex pattern
show - Show a readable record for the package
depends - Show raw dependency information for a package
pkgnames - List the names of all packages
dotty - Generate package graphs for GraphVis
Derek
On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Chris Cowan wrote:
> How do you get a listing of the available packages from apt-get? aka after
> you update the list how can you see what's available to install?
>
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> Chris
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