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Re:APT Browse: A web browser for the contents of Debian (and... by pncnmnp on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @05:01PM (#35460328)
Back in 2016, when I was exploring Linux for the first time, one of my favorite commands was "apt-cache search <keywords>." It performs a grep on package descriptions, and I discovered many fascinating things this way.
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Re:APT Browse: A web browser for the contents of Debian (and... by jwilk on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @05:03PM (#35460343)
You don't need sudo for that.
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Re:APT Browse: A web browser for the contents of Debian (and... by pncnmnp on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @05:07PM (#35460388)
Yup! Not sure why I put it there.
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Re:APT Browse: A web browser for the contents of Debian (and... by lathiat on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @11:11PM (#35463673)
It’s also super handy to add -n to search the names only sometimes
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