On Sun, 2013-07-07 at 19:51 +0200, John Colvin wrote: > On Sunday, 7 July 2013 at 17:04:24 UTC, Russel Winder wrote: > > On Sun, 2013-07-07 at 07:50 -0700, H. S. Teoh wrote: > > […] > >> apt-cache search libcurl | grep dev > > > > aptitude search libcurl.*dev > > > > surely. :-) > > to be honest, most of the time I would just write "apt-get > install licurl" and then look through the rest using tab > completion. Doesn't work for more complex cases, but it's often > enough.
But libcurl and libcurl-dev are likely different packages. Also apt-get really is not as good as aptitude. And aptitude is way better than any of the fancy graphics UI abominations. One up for ncurses and properly managed dependencies so as to get automated removal. -- Russel. ============================================================================= Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:[email protected] 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: [email protected] London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder
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