In fact a database has already been implemented. See the following
Brainstorm Idea: http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/24027/
If you want that feature, please vote for this idea!
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"Reading Database" takes too long
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/398870
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On the Debian mailing-list this has been dicussed here http://www.mail-
archive.com/debian-de...@lists.debian.org/msg245661.html.
One solution that helped me a bit (just one or two seconds faster) is the
following (taken from ):
1. $ sudo su
1. % for x in /var/lib/apt/lists/*Packages;do dpkg --me