> > I was wondering if there is a way to search for a particular type of > package in dselect (not based on it's name, but on what it does)? > ie. Search the description fields. This would be really useful when > I'm trying to see if there is a debian package of something (this > time it was something to do haskell with - hugs as it turned out). >
Not that I have found. However there is one on the debian websites. Look in the package pages.