apt-get search

Posted by Joel Jensen Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:29:26 GMT

No thats not the command, but google will find it. Here are some ubuntu commands for package management.

#here is how to search apt-get for a package
sudo apt-cache search SEARCHSTRING

#here is how to see whats on your system
sudo dpkg -l | grep SEARCHSTRING

#here is how to install something
sudo apt-get install PACKAGENAME

DONE