See apt, the deafult package manager for ubuntu.
A tool to search Aptitude with. Usage: apt-cache [options] [-o config=string] [-c=cfgfile] command [pkg|file(s)|regex]
Questions tagged [apt-cache]
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Cannot grep apt-cache show output
I have a list of packages and I want to know which packages are not available in the ubuntu repositories.
I type this command but it returns nothing :
$ apt-cache show vim TotO perl 2>&1 | grep "Unable to locate package"
$
It occurs in both Ubuntu…
SebMa
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Questions about apt-cache showpkg
when I enter
$ apt-cache showpkg gnome-devel
in my terminal, I get :
Package: gnome-devel
Versions:
1:3.0+6ubuntu4 (/var/lib/apt/lists/fr.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_quantal_universe_binary-amd64_Packages)
Description Language:
File:…
loloof64
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Show available/installed version in the output of apt-cache
I read about this Q&A : Show available/installed version in the output of aptitude search. My question is, how do I search by name not by terms? should I change apt-cache search $TERMS to apt-cache search $NAME?
I tried change it but its not…
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How can I find all packages that depends on another?
Possible Duplicate:
How to list package dependees (reverse dependencies)?
I want to find all the packages in the Ubuntu repository that depends on one particular package. In this case I want that dependency to be libqt4-dev, so I can find all the…
user2405
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What is the package name for JVM?
If I want to know if skype is installed, I would type this:
viggy@ubuntu:~$ apt-cache policy skype
skype:i386:
Installed: 4.0.0.8-1
Candidate: 4.0.0.8-1
Version table:
*** 4.0.0.8-1 0
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
Or if Eclipse is…
JohnMerlino
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