have you tried apt-cache show? On Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 09:24:47AM -0800, Harry Putnam wrote: > If I want to find out about a package. I mean, like what it actually > does, what is the right command, when the package is not installed but > apt-cache knows about it? > > `apt-cache showpkg <package>' gives some information but doesn't tell you > what the package does. If its not installed then dpkg -I doesn't know > about it. > > Combing thru `man apt-cache' I found the -f (full) operator too but > `apt-cache -f showpkg <package> still doesn't really tell what a package > does. > > I don't see anymore choices in `man apt-cache' that look likely. > `man apt-get' doesn't indicate a such an option either. > > In case any former redhat users see this, I'm looking for something that > works like `rpm -qip <package>' (which also works on ftp sites that allow > it) > It gives a general blurb that tells what the package does. > > I guess the next thing after learning what packages do that one has in > cache would be to be able to learn what packages do by name, where ever > they are. That is, an http or ftp interface that pulls down that info. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
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