Daniel Klein wrote:
I love apt-get for the easiness of installing things, but do any of you have any idea what a headache it is to find out what a certain package is called? If there was a simple 'list everything that's installed' (and I'm sure there is, I just can't find it) command, that would help already. There's xf86config, xf86cfg, dpkg-reconfigure whateverIhavetotype here and the settings in KDE. This is a damn headache, and I'd be infinitely grateful if someone could help me with this.
Which version of debian? In unstable you can do
#apt-get install apt-cache apt-file
those two utilities are just wonderful and saves you helluva time. Once they are installed, everything is a breeze. for example
$apt-cache show gvim netrik - text mode WWW browser with vi like keybindings vimpart - embedded Vim text editor component for KDE zope-externaleditor - Zope External Editor zopeedit - Helper Application for Zope External Editor
and now to see what vimpart package is all about try $apt-cache show vimpart
To use apt-file
#apt-file update and then $apt-file search vim
Perhaps you can do all this in stable and testing too. But I am just unaware of it.
hth raju
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