Re: Suggestions for DVD/CD writing software?

[Alan Chandler <alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk>]

On Wednesday 08 December 2004 22:55, Maurits van Rees wrote:
...
> man apt-cache:
>
>   DESCRIPTION
>
>   apt-cache performs a variety of operations on APT's package
>   cache. apt-cache does not manipulate the state of the system but does
>   provide operations to search and generate interesting output from the
>   package metadata.
>
> So you should be safe. You get things like this:
>
> $ apt-cache search dvd write
> bootcd - run your system from cd without need for disks
> bootcd-dvdplus - bootcd extension to use DVD+ media
> bootcd-hppa - bootcd extension to create images that can boot on
> parisc/hppa bootcd-i386 - bootcd extension to create images that can boot
> on i386. bootcd-ia64 - bootcd extension to create images that can boot on
> ia64 k3b - A sophisticated KDE cd burning application

You can do all of these type of searches within aptitiude, so there is no need 
to use apt-cache.  Take a little time out and read the manual (on-line in 
aptitude) and it will show you how to do these searches.

-- 
Alan Chandler
alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you,
 then they fight you, then you win. --Gandhi