I did indeed do an apt-cache search and some googling. I totally failed on this one. As you might imagine, the search term "file" gets a few hits. But, your suggestion to search "debian package file" nails it! I wouldn't have thought of that one, thank you!
On Sunday, April 10, 2016 at 5:31:47 PM UTC-4, William Hermans wrote: > > Greg, > > When in doubt, you can search the apt cache to see if the package exists. > Such as . . . > > $ sudo apt-get update > $ apt-cache search <package name> > > Additionally, If you do not know what the package name might be, and > apt-cache search is not workign as you migth expect. You can google "debian > package <package name> " and you should find the online listing for debian > packages. Sometimes, it may also be required to use the specific debian > version code name such as "Wheezy", or "Jessie" . . . > > > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
