Re: What shows what an uninstalled package does?
have you tried apt-cache show?
On Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 09:24:47AM -0800, Harry Putnam wrote:
> If I want to find out about a package. I mean, like what it actually
> does, what is the right command, when the package is not installed but
> apt-cache knows about it?
>
> `apt-cache showpkg <package>' gives some information but doesn't tell you
> what the package does. If its not installed then dpkg -I doesn't know
> about it.
>
> Combing thru `man apt-cache' I found the -f (full) operator too but
> `apt-cache -f showpkg <package> still doesn't really tell what a package
> does.
>
> I don't see anymore choices in `man apt-cache' that look likely.
> `man apt-get' doesn't indicate a such an option either.
>
> In case any former redhat users see this, I'm looking for something that
> works like `rpm -qip <package>' (which also works on ftp sites that allow
> it)
> It gives a general blurb that tells what the package does.
>
> I guess the next thing after learning what packages do that one has in
> cache would be to be able to learn what packages do by name, where ever
> they are. That is, an http or ftp interface that pulls down that info.
>
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