?=variable | |
Select the package bound to
variable; see the section called “Explicit search targets”.
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?not(pattern) | !pattern |
Select any package that does not match
pattern.
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?action(action) | ~aaction |
Select packages that have been marked for the given
action (e.g.,
“install” or
“upgrade”).
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?all-versions(pattern) | |
Select packages whose versions all match
pattern.
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?and(term1, term2) | term1 term2 |
Select any package that matches both
term1 and
term2.
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?any-version(pattern) | |
Select packages for which at least one version
matches pattern.
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?archive(archive) |
~Aarchive
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Select packages from the given archive (such as
“unstable”).
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?automatic | ~M |
Select packages that were automatically installed.
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?bind(variable, pattern) |
?variable:term-name[(args)]
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Selects anything if
variable matches
pattern; see the section called “Explicit search targets”.
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?broken | ~b |
Select packages that have a broken dependency.
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?broken-depType | ~BdepType |
Select package that have a broken dependency of the
given depType.
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?broken-depType(pattern) | ~DB[depType:]pattern |
Select packages that have a broken dependency of the
given depType matching
pattern.
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?broken-reverse-depType(pattern) | ~RBdepType:pattern |
Select packages that a package matching
pattern declares a broken
dependency of type depType.
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?conflicts(pattern) | ~Cpattern |
Select packages that conflict with a package
matching pattern.
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?config-files | ~c |
Select packages that were removed but not purged.
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?depType(pattern) | ~D[depType:]pattern |
Match packages that declare a dependency of type
depType on a package
matching pattern.
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?description(description) | ~ddescription |
Select packages whose description matches
description.
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?essential | ~E |
Select essential packages, those with
Essential: yes in their control
files.
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?false | ~F |
Select no packages.
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?for variable: pattern | |
Select packages that match
pattern with
variable bound to the
package being matched; see the section called “Explicit search targets”.
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?garbage | ~g |
Select packages that are not required by any manually
installed package.
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?installed | ~i | Select installed packages. |
?maintainer(maintainer) | ~mmaintainer |
Select packages maintained by
maintainer.
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?narrow(filter, pattern) | ~S filter pattern |
Select packages for which a single version matches
both filter and
pattern.
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?name(name) | ~nname, name |
Select packages with the given name.
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?new | ~N |
Select new packages.
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?obsolete | ~o |
Match installed packages that cannot be downloaded.
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?or(term1, term2) | term1 | term2 |
Select packages that match
term1,
term2, or both.
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?origin(origin) | ~Oorigin |
Select packages with the given
origin.
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?provides(pattern) | ~Ppattern |
Select packages that provide a package matching
pattern.
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?priority(priority) | ~ppriority |
Select packages with the given priority.
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?reverse-depType(pattern) | ~R[depType:]pattern |
Select packages that are the targets of a dependency
of type depType declared
by a package matching
pattern.
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?reverse-broken-depType(pattern) | ~RBdepType:pattern |
Select packages that are the targets of a broken
dependency of type
depType declared by a
package matching pattern.
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?section(section) | ~ssection |
Select packages in the given section.
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?source-package(name) | |
Select packages whose source package name matches
the regular _expression_
name.
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?source-version(version) | |
Select packages whose source version matches the
regular _expression_ version.
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?tag(tag) | ~Gtag |
Select packages that have the given debtags
tag.
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?true | ~T |
Select all packages.
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?task(task) | ~ttask |
Select packages that are in the given
task.
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?upgradable | ~U |
Select packages that are installed and can be
upgraded.
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?user-tag | |
Select packages that are marked with a user-tag
matching the regular _expression_
user-tag.
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?version(version) | ~Vversion |
Select packages whose version matches
version (special values:
CURRENT,
CANDIDATE, and
TARGET).
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?virtual | ~v |
Select virtual packages.
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?widen(pattern) | ~Wpattern |
Select versions for which
pattern matches any version
of the corresponding package, discarding local
version restrictions.
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