On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:14:37 -0500 Michael Pobega <pobega@gmail.com> wrote: > aptitude search ~A I think you meant: aptitude search ~M aptitude search ~A is used to search within an archive, like unstable, testing, etc. Info below. http://algebraicthunk.net/~dburrows/projects/aptitude/doc/en/ch02s03s05.html#searchArchive Graham