I always do this when I am looking for a package. Not sure if it's the "right" way, though.
$ apt-cache search sdformat libsdformat-dev - Simulation Description Format (SDF) parser - Development files libsdformat2 - Simulation Description Format (SDF) parser - Shared library libsdformat2-dbg - Simulation Description Format (SDF) parser - Debugging symbols sdformat-doc - Simulation Description Format (SDF) parser - Documentation sdformat-sdf - Simulation Description Format (SDF) parser - SDF files On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Alberto Salvia Novella < es204904...@gmail.com> wrote: > Brian Murray: > > How did you come to this conclusion? The package does exist in the >> repositories. >> > > Alberto Salvia Novella: > > > Being in Trusty with all the repositories enabled, by writing > > "sdformat" in the Synaptic Package Manager application and seeing it > > only returns "sdformat-doc". > > In fact, typing into the Terminal "sudo apt-get install sdformat" doesn't > work too. > > Is there something I don't know about package management? > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-bugcontrol > Post to : ubuntu-bugcontrol@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-bugcontrol > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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