David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> writes: > On Sun 30 Jan 2022 at 09:29:29 (+0530), Pankaj Jangid wrote: >> When I search via apt i.e. ‘apt search linux-image’ gives results: >> >> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- >> Sorting... >> Full Text Search... >> linux-headers-5.10.0-10-amd64/stable 5.10.84-1 amd64 >> Header files for Linux 5.10.0-10-amd64 >> >> linux-headers-5.10.0-10-cloud-amd64/stable 5.10.84-1 amd64 >> Header files for Linux 5.10.0-10-cloud-amd64 >> >> linux-headers-5.10.0-10-rt-amd64/stable 5.10.84-1 amd64 >> Header files for Linux 5.10.0-10-rt-amd64 >> >> linux-headers-5.10.0-11-amd64/stable-security,now 5.10.92-1 amd64 >> [installed,automatic] >> Header files for Linux 5.10.0-11-amd64 >> ... >> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > … and all these packages are for /only/ your amd64 architecture. > There are about 55 packages in all. > >> But on ‘packages.debian.org’ search for ‘linux-image’ in stable gives >> zero result. > > Because there are too many to display (perhaps > ~100). > It says: "Your keyword was too generic. > Please consider using a longer keyword or more keywords." > So changing your search to linux-image-5.10.0 gives 51 matches, > and linux-image-5.10.0 amd64 cuts it down to 18. > >> But search for ‘kernel-image’ shows results on the website. > > Sure, but they all end in -di, which stands for debian-installer, > and if you click through to one of them, you'll see it's going > to download a .udeb file, not a .deb package. > > You can't install them, which is why there are no results given by: >> But ‘apt search kernel-image’ shows zero results on CLI. >
Thanks David. Crystal clear now.
