Ernest Baca wrote:
> Cool,
>
> Thanks for the tip. I have little experience with Debian as I use it
> for my bootable CD. That is what I love about Linux. I learn something
> new every day. Even the simple things excite me. On the apt-cache does
> it search the description of the package? Does Debian have a global
> update option like Gentoo? Let me know, as I am not that Debian savy.
> I was speaking from personal experience.
Yep my gentoo knowledge is certainly not up to par :). apt-cache will
give a small description of the package. Usually when searching through
software I use dselect though. It allows you to categorize the package
database, search through it, see full descriptions of software, etc. Hmm
global update? Well 'apt-get update' will update the package database
and from there you can 'apt-get upgrade' or 'apt-get dist-upgrade'...or
better yet 'apt-get dselect-upgrade'.
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