On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 6:14 PM, Mike Viau <vi...@sheridanc.on.ca> wrote:
> Mon, 5 Apr 2010 17:47:36 -0400 <tomh0...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 5:28 PM, Mike Viau <vi...@sheridanc.on.ca> wrote:
> > > I have used aptitude show $(package_name) to list the details of a given
> > > package.
> > >
> > > In the output of the vlan package for example one gets output like:
> > >
> > > Priority: extra
> > > Section: misc
> > >
> > > How might one determine all packages (installed or not) that fall under a
> > > particular "Priority" or "Section" ?

> > aptitude search ~s<section>
> > aptitude search ~p<priority>

> Thanks for the tip. I noticed ~p works with all but the essential priority 
> for some reason.
>
> With your tip I was able to find this link:
> http://algebraicthunk.net/~dburrows/projects/aptitude/doc/en/ch02s03s05.html#tableSearchTermQuickGuide
>
> I noticed how terms might be ANDed together but I would appreicated a working 
> example of this.
>
> ?and(term1, term2) term1 term2 Select any package that matches both term1 and 
> term2.
>
> Both "aptitude search ~pextra ~smisc" and "aptitude search ~pextra search 
> ~smisc" resulted in a list of package which did not necessarily meet both the 
> search patterns specified.

You're welcome.

That table is misleading because it does not point out that you have
to escape spaces and parentheses, so
aptitude search '~pextra ~smisc'
aptitude search ~pextra\ ~smisc
will work


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