Re: Easy way to find the right software?
On Wed, Aug 21, 2002 at 09:43:15PM -0400, Thomas Schultz wrote:
> I am new to Debian and Linux and I am currently running Debian parallel to
> my Windows partition to see if it is worth the switch.
>
> The main problem I encountered so far, is to identify the right programs to
> use for any given application. There are so many packages out there - and it
> seems there is an infinite number of ways to do a given task - that it is
> just way too slow and inefficient to go through all of them. It would be
> great to have a place recommending applications which are stable and easy to
> use - sorted by application type. Or even better, a site which has a rating
> system for widely used applications.
>
> This would make the transition much easier for lazy windows users like
> myself. And maybe it would help me identify the uncounted number of
> applications that I managed to install already, most of which are silently
> sleeping on my harddrive.
>
> -- or maybe all of this exists already, and I was just too lazy to find it??
> In that case, please help a poor soul and point me to the right place.
>
> Cheers,
> Thomas
you can use apt-cache for this
$ apt-cache search "some-topics" |less
this will show you list of packages which (mostly ;-) related to "some-topics" with sort description
$ apt-cache show <package-name>
this command will give detail info about <package-name>
and finally ..
# apt-get install <package-name>
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#!tunggul
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