[Gllug] What's so good about Debian?

[Ben Whyte]

Ian Norton wrote:

>>	is there some debain directory (like rpmfind) to find package x quickly (oh 
>>and a package that includes program x) I know but typing apt-get install 
>><some magic string> is all very well so long as you have some wonderful idea 
>>what <some magic string> actuall is! In cases like say freeciv you actuall 
>>need two pagages as a pair and one by its self is a disarster.
>>    
>>
>
>the apt-cache command is very useful for this :-)
>
>apt-cache search mozilla
>
>will return anything to do with mozilla, (pipe it through less if u like) you
>can then choose the package from the list and apt-get install it, this also
>gives you a nice short description of the packages etc,
>  
>
Also the website packages.Debian.org has a good search facility that 
allows you to find the name of the packages your looking for.  Also as 
apt deals with the dependency issues it gets all the packages so if you 
ask for free iv packages you get both packages.

Ben


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