Re: apt-cache and search

2001-02-14 Thread Rajesh Fowkar
Colin Watson saw fit to inform me that: >Rajesh Fowkar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>If I do apt-cache search I get listing of packages available in >>apt cache. Suppose I want a filename search not package how this can be done. >>I want to find if the file I need is present in any of the package

Re: apt-cache and search

2001-02-13 Thread will trillich
On Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 09:15:51PM +, Rajesh Fowkar wrote: > Hi, > > If I do apt-cache search I get listing of packages available in > apt cache. Suppose I want a filename search not package how this can be done. > I want to find if the file I need is present in any of the packages in > apt

Re: apt-cache and search

2001-02-13 Thread Colin Watson
Rajesh Fowkar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >If I do apt-cache search I get listing of packages available in >apt cache. Suppose I want a filename search not package how this can be done. >I want to find if the file I need is present in any of the packages in >apt-cache. You can either download the

Re: apt-cache and search

2001-02-13 Thread Rajesh Fowkar
Leonard Leblanc saw fit to inform me that: >My apt cache is stored in /var/cache/apt/archives so you could simply do the >following: > >%> ls /var/cache/apt/archives | grep searchstring > Thanks Leonard for your prompt response. My /var/cache/apt/archives is blank :-) --

Re: apt-cache and search

2001-02-13 Thread Leonard Leblanc
My apt cache is stored in /var/cache/apt/archives so you could simply do the following: %> ls /var/cache/apt/archives | grep searchstring Leonard Leblanc, Webmaster / Intranet Administrator Emerge Knowledge Design www.emergeknowledge.com - Original Message - From: "Rajesh Fowkar" <[EMAIL