Hello:

I'm using kubuntu 7.04.

I'm a command line type of fellow, but new to debian engineering.

If I open the adept manager and type in "32" in the search window,
I get a list of packages (installed and uninstalled) associated
with that string.

What is the command-line syntax that will give me the same results,
so that I can capture those results?

Thanks
Tim

Tim Johnson <tim@johnsons-web.com>:
>
> I'm using kubuntu 7.04.
>
> I'm a command line type of fellow, but new to debian engineering.
>
> If I open the adept manager and type in "32" in the search window,
> I get a list of packages (installed and uninstalled) associated
> with that string.
>
> What is the command-line syntax that will give me the same results,
> so that I can capture those results?

aptitude update && aptitude search 32

There's lots of cool pattern matching thingies you can use but I've
never needed them enough to learn them. You only need to do the
update once per session.


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* Tim Johnson wrote in alt.os.linux.debian:
> Hello:

> I'm using kubuntu 7.04.

> I'm a command line type of fellow, but new to debian engineering.

> If I open the adept manager and type in "32" in the search window,
> I get a list of packages (installed and uninstalled) associated
> with that string.

> What is the command-line syntax that will give me the same results,
> so that I can capture those results?

apt-cache search <search string> > file.txt

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SINNER wrote:

> * Tim Johnson wrote in alt.os.linux.debian:
>> Hello:
>
>> I'm using kubuntu 7.04.
>
>> I'm a command line type of fellow, but new to debian engineering.
>
>> If I open the adept manager and type in "32" in the search window,
>> I get a list of packages (installed and uninstalled) associated
>> with that string.
>
>> What is the command-line syntax that will give me the same results,
>> so that I can capture those results?
>
> apt-cache search <search string> > file.txt
>
Wham! Thanks to both of you.
regards
Tim

On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 08:17:36 -0800, Tim Johnson wrote:

> If I open the adept manager and type in "32" in the search window, I get
> a list of packages (installed and uninstalled) associated with that
> string.
>
> What is the command-line syntax that will give me the same results, so
> that I can capture those results?

I like the findpkg utility:
http://www.infodrom.org/Infodrom/tools/findpkg.html

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Kai-Martin Knaak wrote:

> I like the findpkg utility:
> http://www.infodrom.org/Infodrom/tools/findpkg.html
>
> ---<(kaimartin)>---
Thanks Kai.
Good tip!
BTW: Script didn't work with sh, got error: "(" unexpected
changed she-bang path to bash to make it work.
Regards
tim