how does those tools should be used then? presently, if I want to find out application XYZ is available I"dpkg -l '*XYZ*'" and check the result. if i want something from the list, i then "apt-get XYZ-whatever"thanks
Atleast on my system,"dpkg -l XYZ" will look for a package already on my system by that name. If I want to know about a package XYZ that isn't on my system I use "apt-cache search XYZ" then do "apt-get install XYZ" If I want the details on package XYZ, before I install it, I do "apt-cache show XYZ".
Steven