Re: CLI interface to packages.debian.org

2020-06-20 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 20 iun 20, 14:05:22, Ihor Antonov wrote: > On Saturday, 20 June 2020 05:32:41 PDT John Hasler wrote: > > Ihor writes: > > > 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? > > > > Do you specifically require a co

Re: CLI interface to packages.debian.org

2020-06-20 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 20 iun 20, 18:53:50, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 02:07:59PM -0700, Ihor Antonov wrote: > > On Saturday, 20 June 2020 08:05:04 PDT Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > Another possibility may be one of the surfraw packages once configured > > > correctly. Lots of other search p

Re: CLI interface to packages.debian.org

2020-06-20 Thread Jude DaShiell
No, what I did with surfraw got done by reading the man pages. The other tool, I've never heard of before either. On Sat, 20 Jun 2020, Ihor Antonov wrote: > Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2020 17:07:59 > From: Ihor Antonov > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re:

Re: CLI interface to packages.debian.org

2020-06-20 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 02:07:59PM -0700, Ihor Antonov wrote: > On Saturday, 20 June 2020 08:05:04 PDT Jude DaShiell wrote: > > Another possibility may be one of the surfraw packages once configured > > correctly. Lots of other search possibilities in surfraw too. Once > > installed and configure

Re: CLI interface to packages.debian.org

2020-06-20 Thread Ihor Antonov
On Saturday, 20 June 2020 08:05:04 PDT Jude DaShiell wrote: > Another possibility may be one of the surfraw packages once configured > correctly. Lots of other search possibilities in surfraw too. Once > installed and configured read up on the -elvi in surfraw to find what > search possibilities

Re: CLI interface to packages.debian.org

2020-06-20 Thread Ihor Antonov
On Saturday, 20 June 2020 05:32:41 PDT John Hasler wrote: > Ihor writes: > > 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? > > Do you specifically require a command line interface, or just a text > one? They are not th

Re: CLI interface to packages.debian.org

2020-06-20 Thread Ihor Antonov
On Saturday, 20 June 2020 02:20:59 PDT to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > 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 bina

Re: CLI interface to packages.debian.org

2020-06-20 Thread Jude DaShiell
Another possibility may be one of the surfraw packages once configured correctly. Lots of other search possibilities in surfraw too. Once installed and configured read up on the -elvi in surfraw to find what search possibilities you have. --

Re: CLI interface to packages.debian.org

2020-06-20 Thread John Hasler
Ihor writes: > 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? Do you specifically require a command line interface, or just a text one? They are not the same thing. If the latter use a text browser such as Lynx. If the

Re: CLI interface to packages.debian.org

2020-06-20 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
a web browser. Is there some > sort of CLI interface to packages.debian org? > > Or maybe I need to add *everything* to my /etc/apt/sources.list ? > > Any recommendations are appreciated. > There is not a direct CLI interface to packages.debian.org. However, the rmadison to

Re: CLI interface to packages.debian.org

2020-06-20 Thread tomas
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

Re: CLI interface to packages.debian.org

2020-06-20 Thread l0f4r0
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 interf

CLI interface to packages.debian.org

2020-06-20 Thread Ihor Antonov
Hello everyone, 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? Or maybe I need