Re: How Can I Increase a 40 Packages Limit in Aptitude?

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM Chime Hart <chime@hubert-humphrey.com> wrote:
>
> Thank you Anders for a first reply. Let me give you an example. I was looking
> to install a Zabbly kernel, but running an apt install zabbly  showed nothing.
> So typing aptitude instead says there are 89 packages but cannot show them as
> the limit is 40. This limit of 40 is anoying. I did manage to find a way of
> searching aptitude, but still I want to remove that limit. The man-page implies
> locations of configs but they don't seem to be there. I was about ready to
> write an e-mail address in the man-page. Thanks

Try:

    $ apt-cache search zabbly

If you receive 0 results, then it means zabbly is not available in the
repos you have configured.

Jeff