this.
Hm. Not quite what you were looking for, but 'apt-cache search' does
this. As long as apt knows about packages, and if dselect uses apt as
its get method or whatever, it does. As for searching descriptions in
dselect, I'd like to know too. I'm surprised one of the dselect
evangelists
this. As long as apt knows about packages, and if dselect uses apt as
its get method or whatever, it does. As for searching descriptions in
dselect, I'd like to know too. I'm surprised one of the dselect
evangelists hasn't piped up on this yet... ;)
HTH,
Mike McGuire
On 13 Aug 2001 12:43:37 +1000, Ian Perry wrote:
The '/' key is helpful in searching for a string in the package name, but it
will not search the descriptions of the packages. I seem to remember in a
previous version (even before slink) that it used to do this.
Try man apt-cache. The search
Is there any way of searching for a string in the short or long
descriptions of the packages in dselect ?
Daniel
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On 12 Aug 2001 20:59:11 -0300, Daniel Toffetti wrote:
Is there any way of searching for a string in the short or long
descriptions of the packages in dselect ?
Use the / key to set your search and the \ key to repeat it. It should
be in the help keys description along with other usefull
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On 12 Aug 2001 20:59:11 -0300, Daniel Toffetti wrote:
Is there any way of searching for a string in the short or long
descriptions of the packages in dselect ?
Use
Just hit the / key and then type in what your searching for and hit Enter.
I don't think the search supports wildcards.
On Mon, 18 Sep 2000, Helgi Örn wrote:
Hi all Debian's
How can I search for a package in the dselect program?
Thank's,
Helgi Örn
On Tue, Sep 19, 2000 at 05:31:52AM +0200, Helgi Örn ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Hi all Debian's
How can I search for a package in the dselect program?
'?' brings up a list of keystrokes.
'/' starts a search.
'n' finds next instance of pattern.
You might also want to use apt-cache:
$
kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
How can I search for a package in the dselect program?
'?' brings up a list of keystrokes.
'/' starts a search.
'n' finds next instance of pattern.
'n' advances 1 line; '\' finds next instance
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Hi all Debian's
How can I search for a package in the dselect program?
Thank's,
Helgi Örn
Hi all,
I was wondering if there is a way to search for a particular type of
package in dselect (not based on it's name, but on what it does)?
ie. Search the description fields. This would be really useful when
I'm trying to see if there is a debian package of something (this
time it was
I was wondering if there is a way to search for a particular type of
package in dselect (not based on it's name, but on what it does)?
ie. Search the description fields. This would be really useful when
I'm trying to see if there is a debian package of something (this
time it was something
On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, Chris Leishman wrote:
I was wondering if there is a way to search for a particular type of
package in dselect (not based on it's name, but on what it does)?
ie. Search the description fields. This would be really useful when
I'm trying to see if there is a debian package
On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, A. M. Varon wrote:
On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, Chris Leishman wrote:
I was wondering if there is a way to search for a particular type of
package in dselect (not based on it's name, but on what it does)?
ie. Search the description fields. This would be really useful when
I'm
On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, A. M. Varon wrote:
On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, Chris Leishman wrote:
I was wondering if there is a way to search for a particular type of
package in dselect (not based on it's name, but on what it does)?
ie. Search the description fields. This would be really useful when
On Wed, Oct 21, 1998 at 08:33:36AM +0100, M.C. Vernon wrote:
On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, A. M. Varon wrote:
On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, Chris Leishman wrote:
I was wondering if there is a way to search for a particular type of
package in dselect (not based on it's name, but on what it does)?
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use the package search page at www.debian.org
/Frock
On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, Chris Leishman wrote:
Hi all,
I was wondering if there is a way to search for a particular type of
package in dselect (not based on it's name, but on what it does)?
ie.
On Wed, Oct 21, 1998 at 04:18:21AM +0200, Frock wrote:
Hi all,
I was wondering if there is a way to search for a particular type of
package in dselect (not based on it's name, but on what it does)?
ie. Search the description fields. This would be really useful when
I'm
On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, Chris Leishman wrote:
On Wed, Oct 21, 1998 at 04:18:21AM +0200, Frock wrote:
Hi all,
I was wondering if there is a way to search for a particular type of
package in dselect (not based on it's name, but on what it does)?
ie. Search the description
I was wondering if there is a way to search for a particular type of
package in dselect (not based on it's name, but on what it does)?
ie. Search the description fields.
TO SEARCH the Description field would be WONDERFUL I don't know how
long
it took me to find bind I was looking for
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