Kai Geek wrote: > hello, > what is database searching apt package ? > #apt-cache search packet Judging by the output of "strace apt-cache search packet", one or more of the following: /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin /var/lib/apt/lists/* /var/lib/dpkg/status regards, -- Kevin B. McCarty <kmccarty@princeton.edu> Physics Department WWW: http://www.princeton.edu/~kmccarty/ Princeton University GPG: public key ID 4F83C751 Princeton, NJ 08544