Re: Epiphany.

[Roberto Sanchez <rcsanchez97@yahoo.es>]

Lance Simmons wrote:
> * Michael Bona <mbona@bigfoot.com> [031020 17:18]:
>
> > Try apt-cache search epiphany (or whatever). Shows all packages with
> > epiphany in the name. 
>
>
> "apt-cache search <keyword>" also shows all packages with <keyword> in
> in the brief description and in the complete description.  "apt-cache
> search browser", for example, returns over 300 results, whereas
> "apt-cache search browser | grep browser" returns 70 results.  Over 300
> packages mention "browser" somewhere in the description, and 70 packages
> include "browser" in the short description.

What you probably want is 'apt-cache pkgnames <keyword>', which returns
packages that have a name starting with <keyword>.


$ apt-cache pkgnames browser
browser-history

-Roberto

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