Hello On Wed, 30 Aug 2000 12:25:28 -0700, Nate Amsden said:
[snip] : : you can 'clear' the cache if you want by running apt-get clean. you can : also specify another location to download to, you can also tell it to : download *only* and not install(see manpage for apt-get), one thing apt : still can't do(although i still see people reference it sometimes i : never got it workin) is the 'search' function to search thru things, i : keep seeing from time-to-time people say 'apt-get search <something>' : but none of my machines with apt can search :( (invalid option) This is not an apt-get function, rather apt-cache so the command would be: apt-cache search <blah> or you could use console-apt and do a full text search. Tal : nate : -- : ::: : ICQ: 75132336 : http://www.aphroland.org/ : http://www.linuxpowered.net/ : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : : : -- : Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null : : : -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- | Tal Danzig | Join #libranet on the | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | openprojects IRC network | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | http://www.libranet.com | Tal Danzig | | The TOP Desktop! | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ----------------------------------------------------------------
