Re: [OT] Html/JS help on a local debian package search page

[Kamaraju Kusumanchi <kk288@cornell.edu>]

Tong wrote:
> Hi, 
>
> Sorry, this Html/JS question is completely off the topic. But I don't know
> where is the most appropriate place to ask. Just hoping if somebody here
> can give me a hand.  
>
> What I want to know is a bit complicated, so I'll explain with an example.
>  
> I want to make a local search page for debian packages, so I don't need to
> burden and wait for the remote site just to enter the search string. 
>
> All that I want on the search page is:
>
> a input box "search" _______
>
> a radio box says:
>
> ( ) stable
> ( ) testing
> ( ) unstable
>
> The radio box determine which string to prefix the search string. For
> example, if "testing" is selected, the prefix string would be:
> "http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_contents.pl?searchmode=searchword&case=insensitive&version=testing&arch=i386&word=";,
> so if "media player" is entered in search box, the whole url would be  
>
> http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_contents.pl?searchmode=searchword&case=insensitive&version=testing&arch=i386&word=media+player
>
> Then the local search page is refreshed as the new url above.
>
> How can I do this? A sanity check of not-selecting any radio option would
> also be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot!
>
> tong

Looks like you want to use the apt-cache command.

$apt-cache search solitaire
ace-of-penguins - Solitaire-games with penguin-look
freecell-solver-bin - Library for solving Freecell games
gnome-games - games for the GNOME desktop
jester - board game similar to Othello
junior-games-card - Debian Jr. Card Games
kpat - KDE solitaire patience game
libfreecell-solver-dev - Library for solving Freecell games (Development 
files)
libfreecell-solver0 - Library for solving Freecell games
mah-jong - The original Mah-Jong game
oonsoo - A solitaire game for X
pysol - X11 solitaire game written in Python
pysol-cardsets - Additional card graphics for Pysol
spider - A two deck solitaire game for the X Window System
vgacardgames - Four SVGAlib card games
xmahjongg - tile-based solitaire game
xpuyopuyo - A puzzle game similar to tetris, played with colored blobs
xsol - X Solitaire

For more details, read man apt-cache. Other useful commands in that 
category are

apt-cache show packagename
apt-file update
apt-file search filename

raju