On Sat 28 Sep 2019 at 00:19:00 (-0400), Felix Miata wrote: > apt search and aptitude search find it, but > http://archive.debian.org/debian/pool/main/x/ and > http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/x/ and > https://sources.debian.org/prefix/x/ either don't have it, or it's hidden from > view using a web browser.
You want http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/x/xorg-server/ > I tried installing it (in Buster), then examining it in /var/cache/apt/, but > xserver-xorg-legacy was nowhere to be found. What controls whether packages > are > kept in the cache after installation? apt-get doesn't clean by default. apt/aptitude probably do. > I know what the package does generally, but I want to examine the package's > content. What must I feed to wget to fetch it for examination? http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/x/xorg-server/xserver-xorg-legacy_1.20.4-1_amd64.deb > Or, which of the > confusion of Debian's package management tools can show me detail of what's > in the > files it contains without bothering to download for physical inspection, apt-file, probably. > or simply > fetch without installing? apt-get -d Cheers, David.