On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 11:39:03PM -0400, Michael Pobega wrote: > I've been reading the documentation on Aptitude available in > /usr/share/doc/aptitude/README, trying to figure out how to search based > on multiple terms but I just can't get it quite right. > > As a test I've been trying to search for a non-official package, > installed (Not using "~i" though), with a description of "compression". > > Using the command: > > aptitude search "!~Odebian" "!~g" "!~v" "~dcompression" > > Should work, but it seems to omit each of the options as ONE search > string and searches them all separately. Is there any way to get all of > these terms working with each other, instead of individually? >
Just run them all together without the intervening " and spaces. > Also, how do I search for descriptions with multiple words? "~dsuper > nintendo" doesn't seem to work, and neither does "~dsuper" "~dnintendo". > Try ~dsuper~dnintendo Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
