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Re: How do I install by package Tag?



On Sat, Dec 22, 2007 at 09:04:15 -0800, Tyler MacDonald wrote:
> I've decided I want to install all arcade games on my desktop system. I
> noticed that "abuse" has a "Tag: game::arcade" associated with it. However,
> when I do an "apt-cache search game::arcade", nothing turns up. I've looked
> through apt-cache, apt-get, and synaptic, and I can't find anything to do
> with tags *anywhere*...
> 
> How do I install all packages with the "game::arcade" tag?

aptitude install '~Ggame::arcade'

Even if you prefer another package manager, you can still use aptitude
to produce the list of packages to install, e.g.:

apt-get install $(aptitude -F '%p' search '~Ggame::arcade')

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