On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Damien wrote:
> > If you grab the Contents-i386.gz (or whatever) file out of the archive - > > it's in dists/stable or dists/unstable, depending - then you can grep > > through that for whatever you need. I usually find that faster than the > > available search tools on the web. > > debian provides all the necessary tools most of the time. > > dpkg -S file > > will tell you if a file exists in an installed package > > apt-cache search string > > will search package name and descriptions > I was under the impression that one can search local caches of all available packages NOT just those you have installed apt-cache search <string> Anyone corroborate this? -walter
