Daniel Klein wrote:
I love apt-get for the easiness of installing things, but do any of
you have any idea what a headache it is to find out what a certain
package is called? If there was a simple 'list everything that's
installed' (and I'm sure there is, I just can't find it) command, that
would help already. There's xf86config, xf86cfg, dpkg-reconfigure
whateverIhavetotype here and the settings in KDE. This is a damn
headache, and I'd be infinitely grateful if someone could help me with
this.
Which version of debian? In unstable you can do
#apt-get install apt-cache apt-file
those two utilities are just wonderful and saves you helluva time. Once
they are installed, everything is a breeze. for example
$apt-cache show gvim