You can find this in dselect (of course) or you can get the files Packages or Packages.gz (gzipped version) from the a mirror. In these files are all descriptions and what the packages depend on, suggest, recommend etc.
Ron Rademaker PS. You can also use dpkg -s <package> for info on <package> On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Jay Kelly wrote: > Hello Group, > I have been playing with debian for about a month now and would like > to get more information on the packages available. Where can I > get information on the available packages and a description of what > they do? > thanks > -- > > If Windows is the answer, then I want the problems back! > > Powered by Debian GNU/Linux. > http://www.debian.org > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >