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On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 02:11:17AM -0700, Bill Spears wrote:

> Paul, as long as we're on this subject. I ran into a problem which I solved, 
> but probably in a clumsy way. I was using latex on a math paper and it 
> reported that it couldn't find  amsart.cls ( a math package from AMS). I did 
> an apt-cache search and got nothing. (Eventually, using Google and Debian Pkg 
> Search I found it in tetex-extra.) What exactly does apt-cache search search 
> for? And where?

apt-cache searches package names and descriptions in /var/lib/apt/lists/
according to the man page.

I forget what command searches through the provided files, I'm sure
someone else on the list knows.

- -- 
Baloo


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