On Thu, 2004-06-24 at 08:54, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > > 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 > sorry that should be > apt-cache search gvim
aptitude [search|show] <package> aptitude install <package> aptitude [remove|purge|hold|etc] ... aptitude update aptitude [dist-]upgrade aptitude [clean|download|etc] ... Aptitude covers most of apt-get and apt-cache. Doesn't cover some of the very useful dpkg things (eg. dpkg -i, -L, -s, -S - man dpkg IYF). cheers zen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
