Re: apt-get, gnome-apt, dselect, which to use?
I use apt-cache (also in the apt package) to see what packages are
available.
$ apt-cache search jdk
jdk1.1-dev - JDK 1.1.x (Java Development Kit)
ibm-jdk1.1-installer - Installer for IBM Developer Kit for Linux, Java(TM)
Technology Edition
lib-rxtx-java - native interface to serial ports in java
jdk1.1-native-dev - JDK 1.1.x - native threads extensions
netbeans-developer - NetBeans Developer - Java IDE
biss-awt - a Java GUI application programming framework
mmake - Makefile generator for Java programs
gcj - The GNU compiler for Java(TM).
jde - Java Development Environment for Emacs or XEmacs.
jdk1.1-native - JDK 1.1.x Runtime - native threads extensions
tya - JIT-compiler for Java.
jdk1.1 - JDK 1.1.x (Java Development Kit) - Runtime only
$ apt-cache show tya
Package: tya
Priority: optional
Section: contrib/devel
Installed-Size: 190
Maintainer: Ruud de Rooij <ruud@debian.org>
Version: 1.6-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1.2), jdk1.1 (>= 1.1.7v3-2)
Architecture: i386
Size: 95184
MD5sum: 6b1c81244dba9a88a2db9325819b632e
Filename: dists/potato/contrib/binary-i386/devel/tya_1.6-1.deb
Description: JIT-compiler for Java.
TYA is a ``100% unofficial'' JIT-compiler designed as an add-on to JDK 1.1.x
for Linux (x86).
.
A JIT-compiler (just in time-compiler) is an extension to the Java virtual
machine. It translates Java bytecode instructions on-the-fly (at run-time)
into native machine instructions. This results in faster execution of Java
programs compared to the conventional interpreted execution.
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On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 00:36, Willy Lee wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> After my first 'apt-get update', I wanted to see a list of what was
> newly available to install or upgrade. 'man apt-get' left me no wiser
> as to whether there is a way to do this with apt-get. What I ended up
> doing was guessing as to a package name, and doing 'apt-get -s install
> foo' to see if it existed. Is there a better way? Or do you
> generally use something like gnome-apt or dselect to do this?
>
> Also, is there a way to find out what packages
> depend/suggest/recommend with apt-get? Or a description of a package?
>
> I guess what I'm getting at is, can I do everything just with apt-get,
> or do you need to use something else for this kind of stuff.
>
> I _love_ apt-get!
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