"michael d. ivey" wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 12:25:28PM -0700, Nate Amsden wrote: > > 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) > > apt-cache search string > apt-cache show packagename
ahh ok, cool, thanks! didnt know there was an apt-cache command :)) nate -- ::: ICQ: 75132336 http://www.aphroland.org/ http://www.linuxpowered.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]