Re: QtMoko - hiw do I find out if a package is available?
> But in daily use on his Xubuntu laptop, i'd certainly recommend aptitude > over synaptic. well, synaptic isn't even an option here -- it's instant dead :-) ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: QtMoko - hiw do I find out if a package is available?
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 4:35 PM, arne anka wrote: > > Or you could install aptitude and use aptitude search. aptitude search > > vi > > will list all the packages and descriptions involving vi. > > aptitude is rather an overkill -- and > aptitude search foo > returns a result far more confusing than helpful. > > ___ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > I agree it is abit overkill for the moko...especially for the screen size. But in daily use on his Xubuntu laptop, i'd certainly recommend aptitude over synaptic. Always nice to know the CLI alternatives to the GUIs you use. =) -Dan Staley ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: QtMoko - hiw do I find out if a package is available?
> Or you could install aptitude and use aptitude search. aptitude search > vi > will list all the packages and descriptions involving vi. aptitude is rather an overkill -- and aptitude search foo returns a result far more confusing than helpful. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: QtMoko - hiw do I find out if a package is available?
Thanks, both of you. Actually, 'apt-cache show vim' did the trick. It also looks like apt-cache search ^vim would have worked equally well. -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: QtMoko - hiw do I find out if a package is available?
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Michele Brocco wrote: > On 9/22/09, Torfinn Ingolfsen 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 > Or you could install aptitude and use aptitude search. aptitude search vi will list all the packages and descriptions involving vi. -Dan Staley ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: QtMoko - hiw do I find out if a package is available?
On 9/22/09, Torfinn Ingolfsen 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
QtMoko - hiw do I find out if a package is available?
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 ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
