On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 11:05:41AM +0200, l0f...@tuta.io wrote: > Hi, > > 20 juin 2020 à 10:29 de ihor@antonovs.family: > > > I often use https://packages.debian.org to look up package information. > > I often search for binary and source packages, across various releases > > > > I wish there was a way to do it without using a web browser. Is there some > > sort of CLI interface to packages.debian org?
What is your aim: to search offline or to avoid the browser? > > Or maybe I need to add *everything* to my /etc/apt/sources.list ? > > > > Any recommendations are appreciated. > > > Mostly via: > * apt[-cache] search [-n] my_term > * apt showsrc my_package > * apt-file search my_file > * apt-file show my_package > * dpkg -S my_installed_file > * dpkg -L my_installed_package > > However, those apt commands search on your configured repositories ...with the exception of apt-file (it defaults to your current distro/arch, but you can override that). Cheers -- t
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