Saturday, December 20, 2008

apt-cache

When you are trying to install software on Ubuntu or Debian linux using the apt-get package system, quite often you'll forget the exact name of the package you are trying to install. Here's how you can get a little help figuring out what the name is.

Syntax:

apt-cache search SearchTerm

Ex:- apt-cache search monodevelop
Ex:- apt-cache search firefox | grep plugin


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