Jesse Evans writes: > Although I think that apt-get does a better job at installing new and > maintaining current packages, I find I still need to use dselect to view > the list of what's available.
> Is there a simpler method of searching the packages list and choosing > items for apt-get? 'Packages' is just a text file. You can use all the usual text tools on it. For example, I have a little script that uses ptx and awk to generate a permuted index showing every 'Description:' line containing a specified word. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI
