On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 11:19 PM, Rony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > While it is no problem to use apt-get install package, apt-get -f > install, apt-get update/upgrade etc., how does one get an ncurses (DOS) > type interface in command line to scroll different packages that match > the query key words so that the package and its description can be read, > just as it is done in GUI. >
aptitude? Start aptitude and use the search (from menu) available. Regards, Mohan S N -- Perilous to all of us are the devices of an art deeper than we ourselves possess. -- Gandalf the Grey [J.R.R. Tolkien, "Lord of the Rings"] -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
