On Thu, 2003-12-25 at 09:37, Gerhard W.Gruber wrote: > Is there somewhere a list of package names with a description? I know that on > the website there is something like that, but it is not really usefull. > > What I would like have is a textfile where I can easily browse through, i.e. > when I look for some sound editing software to know which packagename I have > to use to install it. For the more well know packages it is easy (i.e. emerge > xfree), but a comprehending list would be very usefull. I tried to create a > list from the ebuilds on my system, but that didn't work out as I expected. > Obviously giving the name of an ebuild doesn't work.
Have you tried emerge -s? Also, you can browse /usr/portage/ to see what is available. -- Tom Wesley
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