Re: Search results for linux-image and kernel-image via apt and packages.debian.org conflicts
On Sun 30 Jan 2022 at 09:29:29 (+0530), Pankaj Jangid wrote:
> When I search via apt i.e. ‘apt search linux-image’ gives results:
>
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> Sorting...
> Full Text Search...
> linux-headers-5.10.0-10-amd64/stable 5.10.84-1 amd64
> Header files for Linux 5.10.0-10-amd64
>
> linux-headers-5.10.0-10-cloud-amd64/stable 5.10.84-1 amd64
> Header files for Linux 5.10.0-10-cloud-amd64
>
> linux-headers-5.10.0-10-rt-amd64/stable 5.10.84-1 amd64
> Header files for Linux 5.10.0-10-rt-amd64
>
> linux-headers-5.10.0-11-amd64/stable-security,now 5.10.92-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
> Header files for Linux 5.10.0-11-amd64
> ...
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… and all these packages are for /only/ your amd64 architecture.
There are about 55 packages in all.
> But on ‘packages.debian.org’ search for ‘linux-image’ in stable gives
> zero result.
Because there are too many to display (perhaps > ~100).
It says: "Your keyword was too generic.
Please consider using a longer keyword or more keywords."
So changing your search to linux-image-5.10.0 gives 51 matches,
and linux-image-5.10.0 amd64 cuts it down to 18.
> But search for ‘kernel-image’ shows results on the website.
Sure, but they all end in -di, which stands for debian-installer,
and if you click through to one of them, you'll see it's going
to download a .udeb file, not a .deb package.
You can't install them, which is why there are no results given by:
> But ‘apt search kernel-image’ shows zero results on CLI.
Cheers,
David.
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