I use apt-cache (also in the apt package) to see what packages are available.
$ apt-cache search jdk jdk1.1-dev - JDK 1.1.x (Java Development Kit) ibm-jdk1.1-installer - Installer for IBM Developer Kit for Linux, Java(TM) Technology Edition lib-rxtx-java - native interface to serial ports in java jdk1.1-native-dev - JDK 1.1.x - native threads extensions netbeans-developer - NetBeans Developer - Java IDE biss-awt - a Java GUI application programming framework mmake - Makefile generator for Java programs gcj - The GNU compiler for Java(TM). jde - Java Development Environment for Emacs or XEmacs. jdk1.1-native - JDK 1.1.x Runtime - native threads extensions tya - JIT-compiler for Java. jdk1.1 - JDK 1.1.x (Java Development Kit) - Runtime only $ apt-cache show tya Package: tya Priority: optional Section: contrib/devel Installed-Size: 190 Maintainer: Ruud de Rooij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Version: 1.6-1 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1.2), jdk1.1 (>= 1.1.7v3-2) Architecture: i386 Size: 95184 MD5sum: 6b1c81244dba9a88a2db9325819b632e Filename: dists/potato/contrib/binary-i386/devel/tya_1.6-1.deb Description: JIT-compiler for Java. TYA is a ``100% unofficial'' JIT-compiler designed as an add-on to JDK 1.1.x for Linux (x86). . A JIT-compiler (just in time-compiler) is an extension to the Java virtual machine. It translates Java bytecode instructions on-the-fly (at run-time) into native machine instructions. This results in faster execution of Java programs compared to the conventional interpreted execution. $ On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 00:36, Willy Lee wrote: > Hello all, > > After my first 'apt-get update', I wanted to see a list of what was > newly available to install or upgrade. 'man apt-get' left me no wiser > as to whether there is a way to do this with apt-get. What I ended up > doing was guessing as to a package name, and doing 'apt-get -s install > foo' to see if it existed. Is there a better way? Or do you > generally use something like gnome-apt or dselect to do this? > > Also, is there a way to find out what packages > depend/suggest/recommend with apt-get? Or a description of a package? > > I guess what I'm getting at is, can I do everything just with apt-get, > or do you need to use something else for this kind of stuff. > > I _love_ apt-get! -- Rule Psix Mossad security aanslag counter-intelligence BATF DES AKSO KFOR heroïne colonel Osama Bin Laden SARIN Peking anthrax