Robert Storey wrote: Try aptitude. aptitude will not only show available packages and a brief description, but also dependancies. -mkIs there anywhere to browse a list of available apt-get packages, and a brief dexcription?Aside from apt-cache, you can download a complete list of packages from this page: http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages Note that there are different lists for stable, testing and unstable. cheers, Robert |