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Re: How do I install by package Tag?



On Sat, Dec 22, 2007 at 09:04:15AM -0800, Tyler MacDonald <tyler@yi.org> was heard to say:
> 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' should do it.  Be warned that this
will install a *lot* of stuff:

daniel@alpaca:~$ aptitude search '~Ggame::arcade' | wc -l
246

  Daniel


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