On Sun, 2002-09-08 at 17:38, Axel Schlicht wrote: > > > CD-structure has greatly changed from a task / field-oriented to a > > > first_letter_of_app_name-structure it's quite difficult to search no. > > > apt-cache might not always be helpful. > > You typicall do not search on the CD for programs, thats what dselect and > > friends are for. > What do you do if you are looking for a program with particular features > but don't have the slightest idea as what it might be called. Here > browsing the CD's has often been a good idea, but will no longer work > with the new layout.
apt-cache search <enter keywords here> apt-cache show <package name> This will often provide a reasonable selection of packages to choose from although sometimes there is a lot of extra packages to sort through. Another place is to look is http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages where there is a categorized listing and a searching capability. -- Stephen Depooter -- Debian user since last March :) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
