Re: How to show a number of available packages?

[Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <tshepang@gmail.com>]

Thanks, but 'apt-cache stats' tells me that the number of listed
(Normal) packages (I run unstable) is 16286 while 'synaptic' puts that
number at 16486.

malebo

On 7/7/05, Dexter <dexter2@nextra.sk> wrote:
> 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
> >