[LAU] Audio distros

Chris Bannister cbannister at slingshot.co.nz
Sun Feb 17 12:17:04 UTC 2013


On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 08:56:45PM -1000, david wrote:
> On 02/16/2013 08:23 PM, Chris Bannister wrote:
> >That what "apt-cache policy <pkgname>", and "apt-cache show <pkgname>"
> >are for. I don't see how you can call the command lines crptic!
> 
> OK. How can I use apt-get to tell me exactly what "pkgname" is when
> I don't know what the package is named? Or grab a package's
> changelog?

"apt-cache search <term>"

"apt-get changelog <pkgname>"

> >Also my comment was just pointing out that if you have synaptic
> >installed you can't honestly claim that you have a "truly minimum
> >desktop"
> 
> I don't claim to have a "truly minimum desktop" installed. I used to

Ahh! OK. Apologies.

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