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On 02/16/2013 10:01 PM, Simon Wise wrote:

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> On 17/02/13 14:56, david wrote:

>

>> OK. How can I use apt-get to tell me exactly what "pkgname" is when I

>> don't know

>> what the package is named? Or grab a package's changelog?

>>

>

> apt-get changelog puredata

>    that downloads and displays the changelog of the current installable

> version

>

> apt-cache search jack audio

>   ... it lists packages by searching the short descriptions

>

> apt-cache rdepends puredata   or apt-cache depends jack

>    depending on what you are after these can be useful as well

>

>

>

> but using apt-get and command line a couple of other packages are very

> useful as well ...

>

> apt-show-versions -R jack

>    this will look for packages available in the repos by part of a name,

> using a regex .. ok so the -R is a little cryptic, but if you prefer use

> --regex or --regex-all

>

> apt-file search bin/axi-cache

>    this one lets you find what packages any file available in any of

> your repositories is in (it uses a local index), so if you are looking

> for a particular file use that. axi-cache is a xapian index for some of

> this stuff.

>   It will also list the files in a package.

Thanks. FWIW, anything involving regex is cryptic. ;-)
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David

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