[TriLUG] still new to apt-get, must be missing something...

[Alan Porter]

Greg Brown wrote:
> I've read the man page and messed around with apt-get but there is
> still one thing I can't seem to do and that is list all the packages
> that COULD be installed by apt-get if I wanted to (the equiv of 'yum
> list').  Google doesn't seem to be much help either.  Any ideas?
> 
> Greg


apt/dpkg essentials
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apt-cache search <pattern> - will list available packages
apt-get update - will refresh the list of available packages

dpkg -l <pattern> - will show packages installed on your PC
apt-get install <package> - will install a package (and dependencies)
apt-get dist-upgrade - will update all packages on your PC to latest versions

dpkg -L <package> - will list the contents of a package
dpkg -S <filename> - will tell which package owns a particular file

Alan




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