On Tue, Sep 07, 1999 at 10:31:31PM -0500, Stephen R. Gore wrote: > Seth R Arnold wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 07, 1999 at 11:44:38AM -0600, Scott Barker wrote: > > > > > > It would also be nice if there was a command that could be used to look > > > for a > > > package based on a description (for example, I'd like to quickly find out > > > which package gives me quake, or the realvideo player). I know that I can > > > peruse the 'available' file for this information, but from a new users' > > > perspective, there should be a more obvious way to do this. > > > > apt-apropos quake > > > ---end quoted text--- > > Hrmm.. I'm running bleeding-edge potato: > > astra:~$ apt-apropos quake > bash: apt-apropos: command not found > > What am I missing?
the smiley two lines beneath apt-apropos.... it sure would be nice to have such a command. ;) -- Seth Arnold | http://www.willamette.edu/~sarnold/ Hate spam? See http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for help Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
