kmself@ix.netcom.com writes: > $ apt-get install apt-cache > $ man apt-cache > $ apt-cache search foo The first step should yield an error messages -- it isn't necessary, because apt-cache is part of the apt package (dpkg -S apt-cache). In addition, one could mention `apt-cache show foo', which shows the details of a package found with `apt-cache search'. Greetings, joachim