[LAU] Audio distros

david gnome at hawaii.rr.com
Mon Feb 18 02:24:38 UTC 2013


On 02/17/2013 02:17 AM, Chris Bannister wrote:
> 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>"

Thanks. Useful things to know.

>>> 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.

No problems! I like synaptic, anyway!

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