On 9/22/09, Torfinn Ingolfsen <tin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > There is no 'search' action in apt-get, how do I find out if a package is > available or not? > Example: say I would like to install vi or vim, how do I find out if one or > the other is available for apt-get? > (No, doing 'apt-get install vi' sin't the right way to do it) > > Yeah, I know, I reveal my newbie status with regards to Linux. My excuse is > that on my Xubuntu laptop, I always use synaptic. :^) > > -- > Regards, > Torfinn Ingolfsen > apt-cache search XXX
is probably what u are looking for. u can then search for keywords in the results if there are too many results. you do it in this way: apt-cache search vi | grep -i vi hope that helps _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
