Re: apt-cache (was as86 ...)
Brendan Simon wrote:
> sen_ml@eccosys.com wrote:
> > From: Brendan J Simon <brendan.simon@ctam.com.au>
> > > I find "apt-cache" very useful. I use it to search for package names or items
> > > within packages.
> > > eg.
> > > apt-cache search as86
> > > apt-cache pkgnames | grep 86
> > ah, quite useful that ;-)
> > i thought apt-cache was not able to tell you what package a file might
> > be contained in unless the package was already installed though. can
> > it do that? if it can, that'd be fantastic!
> I think it can. Try it on a package that you haven't got installed.
> Brendan Simon.
No -- the reason it works in this particular case is because as86 is
mentioned in the description of bin86. If a file isn't mentioned in the
description, or somewhere similar, apt-cache search won't find it.
cheers
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Chris Waters, Systems Engineer, Critical Path, Inc.
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