17 Feb
2013
17 Feb
'13
9:01 a.m.
On 17/02/13 14:56, david wrote:
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-get changelog puredata
that downloads and displays the changelog of the current installable version
apt-cache search jack audio
... it lists packages by searching the short descriptions
apt-cache rdepends puredata or apt-cache depends jack
depending on what you are after these can be useful as well
but using apt-get and command line a couple of other packages are very useful as
well ...
apt-show-versions -R jack
this will look for packages available in the repos by part of a name, using a
regex .. ok so the -R is a little cryptic, but if you prefer use --regex or
--regex-all
apt-file search bin/axi-cache
this one lets you find what packages any file available in any of your
repositories is in (it uses a local index), so if you are looking for a
particular file use that. axi-cache is a xapian index for some of this stuff.
It will also list the files in a package.
Simon