Which program shows info about virtual packages --- apt-cache no good. (was ... Re: Re : adobe flash player in iceweasel does not work anymore in jessie)
On Sun, Sep 06, 2015 at 02:16:09PM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote:
[BIG snip]
>
> Installing 'flashplayer-mozilla' that is in Debian main will solve the flash
> problem.
# apt-cache show flashplayer-mozilla
N: Can't select versions from package 'flashplayer-mozilla' as it is purely virtual
N: No packages found
I tried this from the man page:
apt-cache show --all-names flashplayer-mozilla
but got this as output:
E: Command line option --all-names is not understood
seems like the man page is out of sync.
Is there another way of seeing the info about flashplayer-mozilla?
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