command: apt-cache
usage: query the APT cache. provide operations to search and
generate interesting output from the package metadata.
examples:
1. To show the information and usage of this command
$ apt-cache --help
2. To search the repository for a specific package name
$ apt-cache search vsftp
3. To search repository using package description
$ apt-cache search "apache http server"
4. To show basic information about a package
$ apt-cache show lftp
5. To show detailed information about a package
$ apt-cache showpkg lftp
6. To list all dependent packages for a software before installation
$ apt-cache depends mplayer
7. To show the stats of the cache
$ apt-cache stats
8. To list all the available packages
$ apt-cache pkgnames
9. To show reverse dependency of a package
$ apt-cache rdepends mplayer
regards,
dhanasekar
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