-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 James Westby wrote: > On (03/09/06 09:45), Ron Johnson wrote: >> Andrei Popescu wrote: >>> $ apt-cache search glxgears >>> mesa-utils - Miscellaneous Mesa GL utilities >> That only works if you've already installed mesa-utils. >> > > I think you are thinking of dpkg -S. apt-cache works from the list of > all available packages. The other alternative would have been apt-file > seach if glxgears wasn't mentioned in the control file of mesa-utils.
You're right, in this case. The only reason that "apt-cache search glxgears" is that the mesa-utils full description mentions glxgears. If it did not, then it would not have returned a package name. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE+vOIS9HxQb37XmcRAs9OAJ9ffznayifaVoWzxKsLQTGk/KLnAwCcCBi8 fNzfkhBkfwFElCWsCWBT36A= =4lLa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
