On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 09:09:29PM +1030, Arthur Marsh wrote: > Hi, I was wanting to install midnight commander and realised that the > search function in aptitude wasn't helping me much as the string "mc" > appears in lots of package names. (I used apt-get to install mc). > > How does one get some text in the search box in aptitude to match the > start of line or end of line of the package name, or alternatively, > search by description?
I run into this every time I install on a new box. I do a multi-term search: mc ~dcommander Since only mc has both a package name containing 'mc' and the word 'commander' in the description. doug -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
