Re: apt-cache and search

[cjw44@flatline.org.uk (Colin Watson)]

Rajesh Fowkar <rfowkar@goatelecom.com> wrote:
>If I do apt-cache search <keyword> I get listing of packages available in 
>apt cache. Suppose I want a filename search not package how this can be done.
>I want to find if the file I need is present in any of the packages in
>apt-cache.

You can either download the Contents-i386.gz (or whatever) file from the
Debian archive and run zgrep on that, or else use the web interface at
<URL:http://packages.debian.org/>.

Cheers,

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Colin Watson                                     [cjw44@flatline.org.uk]