aptitude is the way to go, and if you want to find things apt-cache search "search string" and if you put a space in search string, the quotes around it are mandatory.On Sat, 10 Dec 2011, Eric Oyen wrote:
> I am trying to figure out which package manager is best using orca. so far, > my experience with "software center" has been lack luster at best. and > aptitude has some refresh problems that make using a screen reader a real > pain. > > anyone have a package manager that will allow listing of packages (by type or > relevance) without all the clumsiness? > > I just spent 5 hours finalizing an installation. the new gnome desktop works > ok, but it lacks some of the functionality that was in the older gnome 2.x > (such easier to find menus, etc.). > > I am wondering if the unity packages have something to do with this. > > also, I tried to get synaptic package manager to work and it quits on > starting. looks like something is missing there. > > -eric > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- Jude <jdashiel-at-shellworld-dot-net> <http://www.shellworld.net/~jdashiel/nj.html> -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
