see commands: "apt-cache" and "apt-get". Those are commands for searching and installing debian packages on command line. Maybe you can make some script of it. See manuals. Dexter2 On Thu, 2005-07-07 at 06:14 +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > Hello, > > Could someone tell me of commands that will help me see a number of > available packages. Currently I could only do that with 'synaptic' > which is all I use it for. > > malebo >